97-21985. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 161 (Wednesday, August 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081297A]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 Coral, Coral Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitat 
Sub-Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held September 16-17, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Florida Marine Research 
Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, SE, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.
    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: [phone]; email: 
[e-mail]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    September 16, 1997, 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; September 17, 1997, 
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Sub-Group will meet to review coral and live bottom habitat 
description and distribution information in state, Federal and regional 
systems, and to discuss fishing and non-fishing threats to coral and 
live bottom habitats. The Sub-Group will also discuss recommendations 
for the Council's draft habitat policy statement on coral and live 
bottom habitat.

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 September 8, 1997.

    Dated: August 14, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-21985 Filed 8-19-97; 8:45 am]
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