[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3208]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1351]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011300B]


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 (Council) will 
convene a meeting of its Snapper Grouper Assessment Group to review the 
greater amberjack assessment and develop recommendations to the 
Council; review control rules and rebuilding timeframes for selected 
species within the snapper grouper complex and develop recommendations; 
review wreckfish catches and an assessment including a report on 
permits, shares and tranfers. The Assessment Group will meet with the 
Wreckfish Advisory Panel to make recommendations on Total Allowable 
Catch (TAC) and other framework actions, draft a wreckfish assessment 
group report, review a report on trends and updated Spawning Potential 
Ratio (SPR) estimates and make recommendations. The Snapper Grouper 
Assessment Group will review and discuss other related documents 
including: compliance reports, logbook reports, snowy grouper and 
golden tilefish quotas, greater amberjack quotas, hooking mortality, an 
Oculina research report and a Marine Reserves Public Information 
Document. The Assessment Group will also review the 1999 report to 
Congress by NMFS: ``Status of Fisheries of the United States'' and make 
recommendations to the Council.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on February 3, 2000, from 9:00 a.m. to 
5:30 p.m., and on February 4, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at The Marshall House, 123 E. 
Broughton Street, Savannah, GA; telephone: 1-800-589-6304.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Although non-emergency 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 issued may not be the subject of formal action 
during these meetings. Action will be restricted to those issues 
specifically identified in the notice and any issues arising after 
publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

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, 2000.

    Dated: January 13, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-1351 Filed 1-19-00; 8:45 am]
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