[Federal Register: July 6, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 128)]
[Notices]
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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
shrimpcomments@safmc.net. 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:
kim.iverson@safmc.net.
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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