[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30900]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 110598E]
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 Marine Reserves, Snapper Grouper, Advisory
PanelSelection, Dolphin/Wahoo, and Habitat Committees; and a Council
Session.
DATES: The meetings will be held from November 30-December 4, 1998. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Ramada Inn, 1701 South
Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills, NC; telephone: (800) 635-1824;
(252) 441-2151.
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
November 30, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Marine Reserves
Committee;
The Marine Reserves Committee will review results of the marine
reserves workshop, review and revise the council's action plan
regarding the use of reserves, revise the draft criteria for developing
reserves, and develop committee recommendations regarding the Council's
Marine Reserves Advisory Panel composition;
December 1, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon; 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.--
Snapper Grouper Committee;
The committee will hear presentations on assessments for red porgy,
gag,and greater amberjack. The committee will also hear reports on the
following: compliance with minimum size limits, information from last
year's fishermen logbook reports, information concerning the
experimental closed area of the Oculina Bank, and the status of golden
tilefish and snowy grouper quotas. The committee will also take action
on the seasonal framework as needed and hear the status of Snapper
Grouper Amendments 8 and 9 and the emergency request for Amendment 9;
December 1, 1998, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.--Advisory Panel Selection
Committee (Closed Session);
The committee will review applications from those wishing to serve
on Council advisory panels and develop recommendations for appointments
to these panels;
December 2, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon--Dolphin/Wahoo Committee;
NMFS will present the committee with the status of the Council's
request to be designated true lead in dolphin and wahoo management as
well as the status of the data request the Council submitted for
dolphin and wahoo landings. The committee will then review the Dolphin/
Wahoo Workshop Report and review and revise the options paper regarding
possible dolphin/wahoo management actions;
December 2, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; December 3, 1998, 8:30
a.m. to 12:00 noon--Habitat Committee;
NMFS will present the committee with the status of the Habitat Plan
and the Habitat Comprehensive Amendment. The committee will then hear
presentations on sargassum;
December 3, 1998, 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.--Council Session;
The Council will hear the following Committee reports: Habitat,
Snapper Grouper, Marine Reserves, and Advisory Panel Selection (Closed
Session):
At 1:45 p.m., the Council will hear public comment on the Sargassum
Plan before taking action to modify and approve the plan;
At 2:45 p.m., the Council will hear public comment on any proposed
framework measures for the snapper grouper fishery before approving
such measures as necessary;
At 4:15 p.m., the Council will review the Mackerel Advisory Panel
request to allow the retention of Spanish mackerel in the gillnet
fishery for spot and take action on this issue;
At 5:15 p.m., the Council will meet in closed session to appoint
new advisory panel members;
December 4, 1998, 8:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.--Council Session;
The Council will hear the Dolphin/Wahoo Committee report, hear the
status of the live rock aquaculture program, and NMFS reports on: The
Report to Congress on overfished species, implementation of Snapper
Grouper Amendment 8, Snapper Grouper Amendment 9 and the emergency
regulations on Amendment 9, Golden Crab Framework #1, the 1998-1999
Mackerel Framework action, Mackerel Amendment 9, and status on quotas
for the following species: Atlantic king mackerel, Gulf king mackerel
(Eastern zone), Atlantic Spanish mackerel, snowy grouper, golden
tilefish, wreckfish, and South Atlantic octocorals. The Council will
also review the NMFS Hightly Migratory Species Swordfish and Billfish
Amendments and comment on the proposed regulations.
The Council will also hear reports on the International
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas program, the Atlantic Coastal
Cooperative Statistics Program, the Council/NMFS operations plan
meeting, and agency and liaison reports before discussing other
business.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues will not be of
formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those
issues specifically 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 November 23, 1998.
Dated: November 13, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-30900 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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