99-655. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1795-1796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010599E]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Executive Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held from January 27-28, 1999. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the NMFS Southeast Regional 
Office, 9721 Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL; 
telephone: [phone].
    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: [phone]; fax:

[[Page 1796]]

[phone]; email: [e-mail]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

     January 27, 1999, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Executive Committee will hear the status of Council actions 
relative to the Sustainable Fisheries Act and the implementation 
schedule for the Council's sustainable fisheries act amendments. The 
Committee will also discuss how the Council and NMFS can work together 
to meet the mandates of the Sustainable Fisheries Act, discuss 
coordination of the Council's preparation of stock assessment and 
fishery evaluation (SAFE) reports, hear an overview of the Atlantic 
Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP), and make revisions to 
the Council's Operations Plan.
     January 28, 1999, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
    The Committee will discuss Calendar Year 1999 Council activities 
and budget and discuss coordination of Council activities and planned 
actions with the NMFS regional office and fisheries center resources.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in this notice.

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 20, 
1999.

    Dated: January 7, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-655 Filed 1-11-99; 8:45 am]
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