[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4984-4985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2594]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012797E]


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 meeting of its Shrimp Committee, Joint Controlled Access and 
Snapper Grouper Committees, Joint Snapper Grouper Committee and 
Wreckfish Advisory Panel, Scientific and Statistical Selection 
Committee (closed session), and a Council session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from February 10-14, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Ponce de Leon Conference 
Resort, 4000 U.S. Highway 1 North, St. Augustine, FL; telephone: 800-
228-2821. Please note: This meeting location is different from what was 
originally announced in ``The South Atlantic Update.''
    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; email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    February 10, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Shrimp Committee. The 
Shrimp Committee will meet to receive a report on the Scientific and 
Statistical Committee and Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Advisory Panel 
review of the BRD and proxy analysis by Drs. Shah and Watson. The 
Committee will also approve the final BRD testing protocol;
    February 10, 1997, 6:30 p.m. until all business is complete--
Atlantic Coast Cooperative Statistics Program Scoping Meeting (ACCSP). 
As a partner in the ACCSP, the Council will hold a scoping meeting to 
solicit public input on ways to improve commercial and recreational 
fisheries data collection;
    February 11, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint Controlled Access 
and Snapper Grouper Committees. The committees will meet to review 
public hearing comments and letters on Snapper Grouper Amendment 8 and 
the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), the NMFS 
informal review, and the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel's 
recommendations for the Amendment;
    February 11, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Joint Controlled Access 
and Snapper Grouper Committees. The Committees will meet to develop 
recommendations for finalizing Snapper Grouper Amendment 8;
    February 12, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Joint Snapper Grouper 
Committee and the Wreckfish Advisory Panel. The committee will meet 
jointly with the Wreckfish Advisory Panel to review the Wreckfish 
Assessment, discuss the status of the wreckfish fishery, and develop 
recommendations for the 1997-98 wreckfish total allowable catch (TAC) 
and other framework actions;
    February 12, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.--Scientific and 
Statistical Selection Committee (closed session). The committee will 
meet in closed session to develop recommendations for appointment of 
Scientific and Statistical Committee members;
    February 12, 1997, 3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Council Session. At 3:15 
p.m. the Council will take public comment on the wreckfish TAC and 
other framework actions and Snapper Grouper Amendment 8, before making 
a decision at this session on the 1997-98 wreckfish TAC and other 
framework actions and approving Amendment 8 for submission to the 
Secretary of Commerce;
    February 13, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.--Council Session. From 
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon the Council will continue to receive the 
Controlled Access and Snapper Grouper Committee report;
    From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. the Council will meet in closed session 
to receive the SSC Committee report and appoint SSC members;
    From 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Council will receive the Shrimp 
Committee report, take public comment on the BRD testing protocol 
before approving the protocol;
    From 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. the Council will receive the Law 
Enforcement Committee report and address recommendations made by the 
Committee and Law Enforcement Advisory Panel;
    From 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. the Council will receive a report on 
the proposed NMFS habitat guidelines before taking action on these 
guidelines;
    From 4:45 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. the Council will receive a report on 
the proposed NMFS weakfish regulations;
    From 5:15 to 5:45 the Council will hear a report on Atlantic Coast 
Cooperative Statistics Program activities;
    February 14, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Council Session. The 
Council will receive a report on Harbor Branch research being conducted 
in the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern; hear the status 
of Atlantic king and Spanish mackerel catches and Amendment 8 to the 
Coastal Pelagics Fishery Management Plan (FMP); hear a report on the 
status of the Golden Crab FMP, implementation of the Plan, and permit 
review; discuss implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act amendment; hear a report on the NOAA 
General Counsel penalty schedule meeting; hear a report on planning a 
workshop for marine reserves; receive agency and liaison reports and 
discuss other business and upcoming meetings.

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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 February 5, 1997.

    Dated: January 28, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-2594 Filed 1-31-97; 8:45 am]
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