[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 2137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1007]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 010797D]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Teleconference

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 the Scientific and Statistical Committee (Committee) 
and the ad hoc Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Advisory Panel (AP) via 
conference call. The Committee and AP will provide additional technical 
recommendations on the development of a BRD testing protocol. This 
protocol will specify minimum data requirements, outline a basic 
experimental design, and recommend a statistical technique for testing 
and analyzing new or modified BRDs.

DATES: The meeting will be held on January 27, 1997, at 2:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The following two listening locations will be provided to 
allow the public to hear the Committee and Advisory Panels' 
deliberations on the BRD testing protocol:
    1. Charleston, SC--South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699; telephone: 
(803) 571-4366.
    2. St. Petersburg, FL--NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 9721 
Executive Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702; telephone: 
(813) 570-4301.
    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: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected]

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 20, 
1997.

    Dated: January 9, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-1007 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am]
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