[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40103-40104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19991]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071598G]
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 joint meetings of its Habitat Committee and Coral Advisory Panel
and its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel.
DATES: The meetings will be held from August 11-13, 1998. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town & Country Inn, 2008
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 571-1000.
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: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email:
susan.buchanan@noaa.gov
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
August 11, 1998, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Habitat Committee, Coral and Habitat & Environmental Protection
Advisory Panels will hear an overview of the development of the
Council's actions to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries
Act regarding essential fish habitat, bycatch, overfishing and
fishingcommunities, and an overview of further necessary action to meet
these requirements, review comments received during public hearing and
informal review comments on the Council's Habitat Plan and Habitat
Comprehensive Amendment and the Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment,and
Review and provide advisory panel and committee comments on the Draft
Calico Scallop Fishery Management Plan.
August 12, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The committee and advisory panels will review and provide comments
to the Council on the following Council documents: the Draft Sargassum
Plan, the Draft Habitat Plan, the Draft Habitat Amendment, and the
Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment. The advisory panels will then
develop final advisory panel recommendations on these documents to the
Council.
August 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
The committee and advisory panels will meet to develop final
committee recommendations to the Council regarding the aforementioned
documents in this Notice, and discuss other business.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
these groups 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
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 August 4,1998.
Dated: July 20, 1998.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-19991 Filed 7-24-98; 8:45 am]
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