[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28181-28182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13845]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052496A]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee, 
Mackerel Advisory Panel, a joint meeting of its Mackerel Advisory Panel 
and Committee, and a Council session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from June 10 to June 14, 1996. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pier House, One Duval 
Street, Key West, FL; telephone: (305) 296-4600, (800) 327-8340.

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    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; E-mail: 
Susan_B[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

June 10, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet to discuss 
Snapper Grouper Amendments 8 & 9 options; review the Gag Grouper 
Assessment; hear a report on the economic assessment of commercial reef 
fishermen; review the 1996 Wreckfish Assessment; hear a summary report 
on a wreckfish paper entitled, ``The Demand for ITQs: The Puzzle of the 
Atlantic Wreckfish Industry''; and discuss the NMFS proposal to 
discontinue the Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan (FMP).

June 11, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee will meet to receive a 
mackerel stock assessment presentation.

June 11, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    The Mackerel Advisory Panel will meet to develop recommendations 
for total allowable catch (TAC) and bag limits for the 1997 fishing 
year, and develop advisory panel recommendations on other items.

June 12, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

    The Mackerel Advisory Panel will meet jointly with the Mackerel 
Committee to review the status of king mackerel trip limits, develop 
committee recommendations for TACs and bag limits, and discuss issues 
pertaining to Spanish mackerel.

June 12, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    The full Council will convene to receive the Mackerel Committee 
report. At 1:45 p.m. the Council will hear public comment on TACs and 
bag limits.
    The Council will then set the annual TACs and bag limits for king 
and Spanish mackerel, and discuss other framework actions.

June 12, 1996, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    The Council will receive the Snapper Grouper Committee Report and 
approve Amendment 8 to the Snapper Grouper FMP for public hearing.

June 13, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

    The full Council will convene to receive the Controlled Access 
Committee report and approve Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper FMP for 
public hearing.

June 13, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

    The full Council will convene to receive the Executive and Finance 
Committee reports, and approve the supplemental fiscal year 1996 and 
1997 activities schedules and budgets.

June 13, 1996, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

    The full Council will review the recreational sale issue, and 
develop a Council position on the sale of bag limit (recreational) 
caught fish.

June 13, 1996, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

    The full Council will receive the NMFS logbook review presentation.

June 14, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

    The full Council will convene to receive a lobster trap composition 
presentation; review the status of the Golden Crab FMP, Amendment 1 to 
the Shrimp FMP (Rock Shrimp), consolidated regulations, and withdrawal 
of the Spiny Lobster FMP; receive agency and liaison reports, and 
discuss other business and upcoming meetings.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 
by June 5, 1996.

    Dated: May 28, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-13845 Filed 6-3-96; 8:45 am]
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