[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 72677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24816]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE47


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of a scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public scoping meeting regarding Amendment 7 to the Shrimp 
Fishery Management Plan for the South Atlantic Region. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The public scoping meeting will be held January 16, 2008.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Airport, 
5265 International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: 
(877) 782-9444 or (843) 308-9330; fax: (843) 308-9331. Written comments 
must be received in the Council office by 5 p.m. on January 18, 2008.
    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, or via email to: 
[email protected]. Copies of the Shrimp Amendment 7 Scoping 
Document are available at the Council's web site at www.safmc.net or 
from Kim Iverson, 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: Kim Iverson, 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: The Council is considering modifying the 
entry requirements for the rock shrimp limited access program. 
Currently, rock shrimp fishermen are required to have a commercial 
vessel permit for rock shrimp, and those fishermen who fish off the 
east coast of Florida and Georgia are required to have a limited access 
endorsement. Vessels with the limited access endorsements are required 
to show documented landings of at least 15, 000 pounds of rock shrimp 
from the South Atlantic Council's area of jurisdiction in one out of 
four calendar years to retain the endorsement. The initial four-year 
period began in 2004 and will end December 31, 2007. The Council is 
also considering a requirement for all commercial shrimp vessel permit 
holders in the South Atlantic to provide economic data if selected.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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 January 14, 
2008.

    Dated: December 18, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-24816 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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