[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 86 (Thursday, May 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19610-19611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10844]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 042496A]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a joint public meeting of its Snapper Grouper Committee, 
Controlled Access Committee, Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel; and a 
joint meeting of its Executive and Finance Committees.

DATES: The meetings will be held on May 20-22, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (803) 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

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Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; E-mail: 
Susan_B[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    May 20, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and May 21, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 
12:00 noon.
    The Snapper Grouper and Controlled Access Committees will meet 
jointly with the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel to review the draft 
options paper for Amendment 9 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP), and develop recommendations for options to be included in 
the amendment for public hearing.
    May 21, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and May 22, 1996, 8:30 a.m. to 
12:00 noon.
    The Snapper Grouper and Controlled Access Committees will meet 
jointly with the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel to review a videotape 
on the Oculina Bank HAPC (Habitat Area of Particular Concern). They 
will then review the draft options paper for Amendment 8 to the Snapper 
Grouper FMP and develop recommendations for options to be included in 
the amendment for public hearing.
    May 22, 1996, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Executive and Finance Committees will meet jointly. The 
Executive Committee will review and develop recommendations for the 
Fiscal Year 1997 Council activities schedule. The Finance Committee 
will develop the Fiscal Year 1997 budget for presentation to the 
Council in June.

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 May 14, 1996.

    Dated: April 25, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-10844 Filed 5-1-96; 8:45 am]
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