[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 163 (Friday, August 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22347]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081597A]


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 Artificial Reef Habitat Sub-Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 18, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. 
until 5:00 p.m.

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: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sub-Group will meet to review artificial 
reef description and distribution information in state, Federal and 
regional systems, and to discuss fishing and non-fishing threats to 
artificial reef habitats. The Sub-Group will also discuss 
recommendations for the Council's draft habitat policy statement on 
artificial reef habitat.

Special Accommodations

    This 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 September 
8, 1997.

    Dated: August 15, 1997.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-22347 Filed 8-21-97; 8:45 am]
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