[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12603-12604]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6544]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030597E]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting.

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


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ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Executive Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held from March 24-25, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Regional Office, 
9721 Executive Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL; telephone: (813) 570-
5301.
    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].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

March 24, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

    The Executive Committee will meet to hear the status of the NMFS 
Sustainable Fisheries Act General Implementation Plan, develop an 
implementation schedule for Sustainable Fisheries Act Provisions and 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Amendments, 
and discuss how the Council and NMFS can work together to improve data 
collection.

March 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

    The Executive Committee will hear a presentation on a Department of 
the Navy request to the Council, establish guidelines for holding 
informal meetings with fishermen, review and modify the Council 
Statement of Organizational Practices and Procedures, discuss the 
function of Council staff, discuss the status of the calendar year 1997 
budget and the calendar year 1999 budget request, discuss planning for 
future meetings, and address other business.

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 March 17, 1997.

    Dated: March 7, 1997.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-6544 Filed 3-14-97; 8:45 am]
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