[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 202 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59257-59258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20588]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XD27


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

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 a series of public hearings regarding Amendments15A and 15B to 
the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 15A will contain 
actions to establish management reference points, rebuilding schedules, 
and rebuilding strategies for snowy grouper, black sea bass, and red 
porgy. Amendment 15B will contain actions to prohibit the sale of 
recreationally-caught fish, reduce the effects on sea turtle and 
smalltooth sawfish if hooked, change the permit renewal period, change 
the permit transferability requirements, implement a plan to monitor 
and assess bycatch, establish allocations for snowy grouper and red 
porgy, and establish Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), Optimum Yield 
(OY) and Maximum Stock Size Threshold (MSST) for golden tilefish.

DATES: The public hearings will be held in November 2007. Written 
comments for Amendment 15 A must be received in the Council office by 5 
p.m. on December 3, 2007. Written comments

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for Amendment 15B must be received in the Council office by 5 p.m. on 
January 11, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the specific dates 
and times of the public scoping meetings.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Bob Mahood, Executive 
Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405, fax: (843) 769-4520 or 
via email. Email Amendment 15A comments to [email protected] and 
Amendment 15B comments to [email protected]. Copies of the Amendment 15A 
and Amendment 15B Public Hearing Documents are available from Richard 
DeVictor, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 
or toll free at (866) SAFMC-10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard DeVictor, South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; 
email address: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Public hearing dates and locations:

    All meetings are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m.
    November 13, 2007 - Sombrero Cay Club, 19 Sombrero 
Boulevard, Marathon, FL 33050; telephone: (305) 743-2250.
    November 14, 2007 - Sheraton Yankee Clipper Hotel, 1140 
Seabreeze Boulevard (A1A), Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316; telephone: (954) 
524-5551.
    November 15, 2007 - Radisson Resort at the Port, 8701 
Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920; telephone: (321) 784-
0000.
    November 16, 2007 - Comfort Inn Oceanfront, 1515 North 1st 
Street, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250; telephone: (904) 241-2311.
    November 27, 2007 - Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum, 175 
Bourne Avenue, Pooler, GA 31322; telephone: (912) 748-8888.
    November 28, 2007 - Hilton Garden Inn Charleston Airport, 
5265 International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: 
(843) 308-9330.
    November 28, 2007 - Avista Resort, 300 N. Ocean Boulevard, 
North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582; telephone: (843) 249-2521.
    November 29, 2007 - Shell Island Resort, 2700 Lumina 
Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, NC 28480; telephone: (910) 256-0418.
    November 30, 2007 - NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island, 374 
Airport Road, Manteo, NC 27954; telephone: (252) 473-3494.
    December 3, 2007 - Sheraton Atlantic Beach, 2717 W. Fort 
Macon Road, Atlantic Beach, NC 28512; telephone: (252) 240-1155.

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 November 8, 2007.

    Dated: October 15, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-20588 Filed 11-18-07; 8:45 am]
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