[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48820-48821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24672]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090997E]


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 Sargassum and Water Column Habitat Sub-Group.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 7-8 1997. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at NMFS Southeast Fisheries Science 
Center, 101 Pivers Island Road, Beaufort, NC.
    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

    October 7, 1997, 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. & October 8, 1997, 8:30 
a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
    The Sub-Group will meet to review Sargassum habitat and water 
column information in state, Federal and regional systems, and to 
discuss fishing and non-fishing threats to these habitats. The Sub-
Group will also discuss policy recommendations and research and 
monitoring needs for these habitats.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Sub-Group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Sub-Group action during this meeting. Sub-Group 
action will be

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restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed 
in this notice.

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 September 
26, 1997.

    Dated: September 10, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24672 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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