# South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
**AGENCY:**
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
**ACTION:**
Notice of public hearings.
**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 *[email protected]* . 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: *[email protected]* .
**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.