[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 144 (Wednesday, July 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 40834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072099C]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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's (Council) 
Marine Reserves Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 24, 1999, from 1:00 
p.m. until 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, August 25, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. until 
5:30 p.m., and Thursday, August 26, 1999, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 
noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2001 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: 843-571-1000.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Mahood, Executive Director; 
telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is for the AP to 
hear presentations on the status of snapper grouper stocks in the 
southeast, to discuss the Council's Habitat Plan and Comprehensive 
Amendment, to review the Revised Marine Reserves Discussion Document, 
and to discuss, revise and take action on the document ``The Use of 
Marine Reserves in the South Atlantic Council's Area of Authority.'' 
The AP will also make recommendations to the Council regarding these 
issues.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically listed in this notice.

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 August 17, 
1999.

    Dated: July 22, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-19312 Filed 7-27-99; 8:45 am]
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