# 60 FR 37044: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FR_PRORULE_95-17687 ## Section - **Citation:** 60 FR 37044 - **Heading:** South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Federal Register / Vol. 60 / 60 FR 37044 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 50 CFR Chapter VI [I.D. 071095A] South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Public hearings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public hearings to solicit comments on management measures for a new Fishery Management Plan for Golden Crab (FMP). DATES: Written comments regarding the issues being discussed at the hearings will be accepted through August 18, 1995. The hearings are scheduled as follows: 1. Tuesday, August 1, 1995, 7.00 p.m., Cocoa Beach, FL; 2. Wednesday, August 2, 1995, 7.00 p.m., Fort Lauderdale, FL; 3. Thursday, August 3, 1995, 7.00 p.m., Marathon, FL; and 4. Monday, August 7, 1995, 7.00 p.m., Charleston, SC. ADDRESSES: To send comments, and to request copies of public hearing documents, write to: Robert K. Mahood, Executive Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699. The hearings will be held at the following locations: 1. Cocoa Beach--Holiday Inn, 1300 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; telephone (407) 783-2271; 2. Fort Lauderdale--Sheraton Design Center Hotel, 1825 Griffin Road, Dania, FL 33004; telephone (305) 920-3500; 3. Marathon--Hawk's Cay Resort, MM61, Duck Key, FL 33050; telephone (305) 743-7000; and 4. Charleston--Town and Country Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone (803) 571-1000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharon Coste, (803) 571-4366; Fax: (803) 769-4520. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Increasing interest in fishing opportunities for golden crab has prompted the Council to consider management of this species along the U.S. Atlantic coast from the tip of Key West on the east coast of Florida to the North Carolina/Virginia border. Other deep-water crabs, such as red crab and jonah crab, are included in the FMP for data collection purposes only. No management actions are planned for these species under the initial FMP. Although all three species of crab are harvested in the exclusive economic zone off the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic coast, the Council believes that the species are sufficiently separated from one another to be managed independently. The following types of management measures are under consideration by the Council: (1) Definition of terms, including: Optimum yield, overfishing, and crustacean trap; (2) Gear controls, including: Use of traps only and a limit on their size, requirements for trap escape gaps, and degradable escape panels; (3) Effort limitations, including: Quotas ranging from 100,000 to 5,000,000 lb (45,359 to 2,267,962 kg) live weight, which may differ by subarea, limited access with mechanisms (i.e. fees) for recovering incurred administrative costs, restrictions on the number of traps/pots per vessel ranging from 100 to 1,000 traps/pots per vessel, and, trip limits of 10,000 lb (4,536 kg) live weight or 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) butchered; (4) Crab size/sex restrictions, including: Minimum size limits of 4 and 3/4 inch (12 cm) carapace width and no retention of females; (5) Area restrictions, including: Limiting use of traps to depths of 900 ft (274 m) or greater; (6) Bait restrictions to protect snapper and grouper; (7) Enforcement provisions, including: Vessel permits, trap identification tags, vessel location transponders, and dealer permits; (8) Collection of information requirements for science and research purposes, such as use of information from sales reports, and logbook requirements, and; (9) Framework procedures to provide administrative flexibility to change management measures in a timely manner. The Council plans to finalize the FMP at the Council meeting in Charleston, SC, from August 21 to 25, 1995. The public will have an opportunity to comment at the full Council session before the options are approved. Once finalized, the FMP will be submitted to the Secretary of Commerce for review. Also, NMFS will provide a 45-day formal written comment period during the 110-day review period. The Council hearings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office by July 18, 1995 (see ADDRESSES). Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: July 12, 1995. Richard W. Surdi, Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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