96-1726. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1726]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 012396D]


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 
convene a public meeting of its Snapper-Grouper Assessment Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 5, 1996, from 1:00 p.m. 
until 5:00 p.m. and continue on February 6, 1996, from 8:30 a.m. until 
12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Council office. One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: [phone]; fax: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to review 
biological and fishery date on the condition of wreckfish (Polyprion 
Americanus) in the management unit, and to make recommendations to the 
Council for wreckfish framework actions (e.g. 1996-97 wreckfish total 
allowable catch).

Special Accommodations

    The 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 31, 
1996.

    Dated: January 24, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-1726 Filed 1-25-96; 1:27 pm]
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