[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7631-7632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3682]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020899E]


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 meetings of its Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP), its Law 
Enforcement, Marine Reserves, Dolphin/Wahoo, Snapper- Grouper and AP 
Selection Committees; and a Council Session.

DATES: The meetings will be held from March 1-5, 1999. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings will be held at the Sea Palms 
Resort, 5445 Frederica Road, St. Simons Island, GA; telephone: (912) 
638-3351.
    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: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    March 1, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.--Joint Law Enforcement 
Committee and Law Enforcement AP:
    The Law Enforcement Committee and Law Enforcement AP will hear a 
report on the South Carolina/NMFS cooperative law enforcement grant, 
develop recommendations on the use of tailing permits in the spiny 
lobster fishery, develop criteria for establishing marine reserves from 
a law enforcement perspective, discuss development of law enforcement 
threat analysis for marine reserves, review a request from Georgia to 
establish new special management zones, receive an update on the use of 
the forward looking infrared radar (FLIR) system by law enforcement, 
and hear a status report of vessel monitoring systems in the Southeast.
    March 2, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Marine Reserves Committee:
    The Marine Reserves Committee will review a proposal for the use of 
artificial reefs in the South Atlantic, as well as review a document 
outlining the Council's intent concerning the use of marine reserves as 
a management tool in the South Atlantic.
    March 2, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; March 3, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 
12:00 noon--Dolphin/Wahoo Committee:
    The Dolphin/Wahoo Committee will hear the status of the Council's 
request to be lead in management of the Dolphin/Wahoo Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP), hear the status of the Council's request for 
publication of a control date for the dolphin fishery, and hear a 
report on dolphin and wahoo data analysis. The Committee also will 
discuss the structure of the Dolphin Wahoo FMP, as well as review and 
revise FMP management options.
    March 3, 1999, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Snapper-Grouper Committee:
    The Snapper-Grouper Committee will review the wreckfish assessment 
report and develop recommendations for establishing the annual 
wreckfish quota, as well as other framework measures, review the red 
porgy stock assessment report, and the Snapper-Grouper Assessment Group 
report.
    March 4, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.--AP Selection Committee 
(closed session):
    The AP Selection Committee will review AP membership applications 
and develop appointment recommendations.
    March 4, 1999, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Council Session:
    The Council will hear reports from the AP Selection Committee 
(closed session), as well as the Executive and Snapper-Grouper 
Committees.
    At 11:15 a.m., the Council will be briefed on conflict-of-interest 
and recusal regulations under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
    At 1:30 p.m. (closed session), the Council will appoint AP members.
    At 2:00 p.m., the Council will discuss the outcome of the appeals 
process regarding Snapper-Grouper Amendment 8, as well as review the 
proposed format for stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) 
reports.
    At 4:30 p.m., the Council will take public comment on the Gulf 
Council's Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) Amendment before considering 
amendment approval.
    At 5:00 p.m., the Council will take public comment on the proposed 
1999-2000 wreckfish quota and any proposed framework measures, as well 
as on resubmission of the rejected measure establishing an amberjack 
trip limit in Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9. The Council also willtake 
action to establish the annual wreckfish quota, approve other wreckfish 
framework measures, and address the Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9 
rejected measure concerning the greater amberjack trip limit.
    March 5, 1999, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Council Session;
    The Council will hear reports from the Marine Reserves, Dolphin/
Wahoo and Law Enforcement Committees.
    At 10:00 a.m., the Council also will hear status reports on from 
the NMFS on the Snapper-Grouper Amendment 9 emergency rule, the 1999 
mackerel framework, as well as Mackerel Amendment 9 quotas for Atlantic 
king mackerel, Gulf king mackerel in the Eastern Zone, Atlantic Spanish 
mackerel, snowy grouper and golden tilefish, South Atlantic octocorals 
and greater amberjack.
    At 10:30 a.m. the Council will hear reports on the Council/NMFS 
policy meeting, the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program, 
the Council operations plan, and the status of the Savannah Harbor 
Project before hearing agency and liaison reports.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council, its APs, and Committees for discussion, in accordance with 
the Magnuson-Stevens Act, those issues may not be the subject of formal 
Council, Committee and AP action during this meeting. Actions will be 
restricted to those issues specifically

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identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

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 22, 1999.

    Dated: February 9, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3682 Filed 2-12-99; 8:45 am]
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