[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42509-42510]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20849]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072997A]


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 Calico Scallop Committee and Advisory Panel, 
Golden Crab Committee, Joint Executive and Finance Committee, Snapper 
Grouper Committee, Mackerel Committee, Habitat Committee, and Bluefish 
Committee. A Council Session will also be held.

DATES: The meetings will be held from August 18-22, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: (803) 571-1000; (800) 334-
6660.
    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

    August 18, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Joint Calico Scallop 
Committee and Advisory Panel
    The Committee and Advisory Panel will meet to review the management 
options paper and develop the draft Calico Scallop Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP).
    August 19, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Golden Crab Committee
    The Committee will meet to review the draft framework action and 
develop recommendations for the Council.
    August 19, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Joint Executive and 
Finance Committee
    The Committees will meet to review and approve proposed changes to 
1997 activities and budget and to review and approve the proposed 1998 
activities schedule and budget.
    August 19, 1997, 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
    The Committee will meet to receive presentations on Oculina 
research, gag grouper, the South Carolina tagging program, and the 
economic impact research on saltwater anglers.
    August 20, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper Grouper Committee
    The Committee will meet to review comments from public hearings, 
letters and NMFS informal review of Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 and the 
associated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, and to 
develop recommendations for finalizing Amendment 9.
    August 21, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Mackerel Committee
    The Committee will meet to hear the status of Amendment 8 to the 
Coastal Migratory Pelagics FMP and framework actions, review the 
dolphin options paper, and develop management measures for dolphin.
    August 21, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.--Habitat Committee
    The Committee will meet to hear a status report on the essential 
fish habitat workshop process, and to review the essential fish habitat 
plan and comprehensive amendment.
    August 21, 1997, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.--Bluefish Committee
    The Committee will meet to review the Bluefish public hearing draft 
document and develop recommendations to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council (MAFMC) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission (ASMFC).
    August 21, 1997, 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.--Council Session
    The full Council will convene to elect a Council Chairman and Vice-
Chairman and hear the Mackerel Committee report before developing 
management measures for dolphin.
    August 22, 1997, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Council Session
    The full Council will convene at 8:30 a.m., to take public comment 
on Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 before hearing the Snapper Grouper 
Committee report and taking final action on Amendment 9 for submission 
to the Secretary of Commerce; At 11:00 a.m., the Council will take 
public comment on golden crab framework actions before making a 
decision on these actions as necessary; At 2:00 p.m., the Council will

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hear the Calico Scallop Committee report before taking action on which 
measures to include in the Calico Scallop FMP. From 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 
p.m., the Council will hear the Habitat Committee report, and the 
Bluefish Committee report before approving Council bluefish amendment 
recommendations to the MAFMC and the ASMFC. At 3:00 p.m., the Council 
will hear the Executive and Finance Committee report and approve the 
proposed changes to 1997 activities and budget, and approve the 
proposed 1998 activities schedule and budget, hear a report on the 
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, 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 August 11, 1997.

    Dated: July 31, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20849 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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