[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31409-31410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14921]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060297A]


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 Golden Crab Committee and Advisory Panel, Spiny 
Lobster Committee and Advisory Panel, Habitat and Environmental 
Protection Committee, Calico Scallop Committee, Snapper Grouper 
Committee, Controlled Access Committee, Mackerel Committee, and a 
Council session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from June 16-20, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

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

    June 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.--Joint Golden Crab Committee 
and Advisory Panel
    The committee and advisory panel will hear reports regarding the 
status of Golden Crab Fishery Management Plan (FMP) implementation and 
the numbers

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of permits that have been issued and disapproved, the status of the 
golden crab resource, and a report on golden crab data collection. The 
committee and advisory panel will discuss potential need for framework 
action or plan amendment for the golden crab fishery.
    June 16, 1997, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint Spiny Lobster 
Committee and Advisory Panel
    The committee and advisory panel will hear reports on the status of 
the Florida trap certificate program and the status of the spiny 
lobster resource, and discuss potential need for framework action or 
plan amendment.
    June 16, 1997, 6:00 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.
    June 17, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon --Habitat and Environmental 
Protection Advisory Panel
    The committee will review the timeframe for development of the 
Council Habitat Plan, discuss the national habitat workshop, review the 
Habitat Advisory Panel's recommendations, and review the draft Habitat 
Plan outline.
    June 17, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Calico Scallop Committee
    The committee will meet to review previous scoping meeting 
information, review requests for management action from industry, 
discuss a preliminary options paper, and develop measures to be 
included in the Calico Scallop FMP.
    June 18, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
    The committee will meet to hear a report on the Red Snapper 
Assessment and clarify management measures in Amendment 9 to the 
Snapper Grouper FMP if deemed necessary.
    June 18, 1997, 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Controlled Access 
Committee
    The committee will meet to clarify the Council's intent for NMFS on 
issues that arise in the interim period before implementation of 
Amendment 8 to the Snapper Grouper FMP.
    June 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Mackerel Committee
    The committee will meet to hear the status of Mackerel Amendment 8 
and framework action, review the Mackerel Amendment 9 options paper, 
and develop South Atlantic Council management measures for Amendment 9 
and recommendations for Gulf Council measures.
    June 19, 1997, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Council Session
    The full Council will convene to review public scoping comments on 
the issue of sale of bag limit (recreational) caught fish, review the 
options paper on this issue, and take action on how to proceed with 
this issue; hear the Snapper Grouper Committee Report and clarify 
management measures in Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 if neccessary; hear 
the Controlled Access Committee report and clarify the Council's intent 
for NMFS on issues that arise in the interim period before 
implementation of Snapper Grouper Amendment 8; hear the Mackerel 
Committee report and decide on management measures to include in 
Mackerel Amendment 9; hear the Golden Crab Committee report and decide 
if there is need for framework action or plan amendment; hear the Spiny 
Lobster Committee report and decide if there is need for framework 
action or plan amendment; and hear the Calico Scallop Committee report 
before deciding which management measures to include in the FMP.
    June 20, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.--Council Session
    The full Council will convene to hear the Habitat Committee report, 
receive an update on Magnuson-Stevens Act Implementation, hear a status 
report on the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, hear 
agency and liaison reports, and discuss other business.

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 9, 1997.

    Dated: June 2, 1997.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14921 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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