[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 40626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1474]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062904B]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION:  Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY:  The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
convene public hearings regarding the proposed Amendment 6 to the 
Shrimp Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The plan amendment addresses the 
following: The requirements for a Federal penaeid (white, pink and 
brown) shrimp permit in order to fish for or possess penaeid shrimp in 
the South Atlantic Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ); minimizing bycatch in 
the rock shrimp fishery to the extent practicable; Revising, 
establishing, and/or retaining status determination criteria for 
penaeid and rock shrimp stocks; Amendment of the Bycatch Reduction 
Device (BRD) Testing Protocol system; adjusting the criteria 
certification of new BRDs; and establishing of a method to monitor and 
assess bycatch in the South Atlantic rock and penaeid shrimp fisheries.

DATES:  The public hearings will be held July 26 - August 10, 2004. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the specific dates and times of the 
public hearings. Written comments must be received in the Council 
office by August 13, 2004.

ADDRESSES:  Written comments should be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive 
Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark 
Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699, or via email to 
[email protected]. Copies of the Public Hearing Document are 
available from Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 
One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699; telephone: 
843-571-4366 or toll free at 866/SAFMC-10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kim Iverson, South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 
29407-4699; telephone: 843-571-4366; fax: 843-769-4520; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Locations

    All meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Public hearings will 
be held at the following locations:
    1. Tuesday, July 26, 2004, Town & Country Inn, 2008 Savannah 
Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (843) 571-1000;
    2. Monday, August 2, 2004, Richmond Hill City Hall, 40 Richard R. 
Davis Drive, Richmond Hill, GA 31324; telephone: (912) 756-3354;
    3. Tuesday, August 3, 2004, Radisson Resort at the Port, 8701 
Astronaut Blvd., Cape Canaveral, FL 34949; telephone: (321) 784-0000;
    4. Thursday, August 5, 2004, Crown Plaza La Concha, 430 Duval 
Street, Key West, FL 33040; telephone: (305) 296-2991;
    5. Monday, August 9, 2004, Cooperative Extension, 25 Referendum 
Road, Bldg. N, Bolivia, NC 28422; telephone: (910) 253-2610; and
    6. Tuesday, August 10, 2004, DENR Regional Office, 943 Washington 
Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889; telephone: (252) 946-6481.

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 July 23, 2004.

    Dated: June 30, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1474 Filed 7-2-04; 8:45 am]
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