[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4804-4805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2130]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012000A]


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 
hold a joint meeting of its Dolphin Wahoo Committee with the Gulf of 
Mexico Council's Mackerel Committee, and the Caribbean Council's 
Dolphin Wahoo Committee.

DATES:  The meeting will be held on February 15, 2000, from 1:30 p.m. 
to

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5:00 p.m., and on February 16, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway (US 17), Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 571-1000 or 
1-800-334-6660.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Committees will review and discuss 
maximum sustainable yield and overfishing definitions for the dolphin 
and wahoo species; review general management measures and regional 
management measures contained in the public hearing draft of the 
fishery management plan (FMP) for dolphin and wahoo; discuss proposed 
highly migratory species pelagic longline closures, and revise both the 
general and regional measures for the dolphin and wahoo FMP.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council for discussion, those issues 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

    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 February 
11, 2000.

    Dated: January 27, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-2130 Filed 1-31-00; 8:45 am]
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