[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 2968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1243]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011298B]


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 
convene a meeting of its Snapper Grouper Assessment Group.
DATES: The meeting will convene on February 4, 1998, at 1:30 p.m. and 
adjourn at 5:30 p.m.; reconvene on February 5, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m. and, on February 6, 1998, reconvene at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn 
at 12:00 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2001 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: 803-571-1000.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 1 
Southpark Circle, Southpark Building, Suite 306, Charleston, South 
Carolina 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings will be held to:
    1. Review wreckfish landings and make recommendations to the 
Council for setting the 1998/99 wreckfish framework actions, including 
total allowable catch;
    2. Review Special Management Zone requests received by the Council;
    3. Refine appropriate criteria for developing marine fishery 
reserves based on the Plan Development Team report;
    4. Review the revised Oculina research plan;
    5. Determine the current status of the snapper grouper species, as 
well as project the change in this status that will result from 
regulations in Snapper Grouper Amendment 9; and,
    6. Develop recommendations on information prepared by Council staff 
concerning new definitions for overfishing, optimum yield (OY) and 
maximum sustainable yield (MSY) levels or spawning potential ratio 
proxies for MSY and OY.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Group action will 
be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda 
listed in this notice.

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 January 28, 1998.

    Dated: January 13, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-1243 Filed 1-16-98 8:45 am]
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