[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 4805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2131]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012000B]


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 the Council/Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's Red Drum Stock Assessment Group (Group).

DATES:  The meeting will be held on February 22, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. 
and will conclude by 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 purpose of the meeting is to evaluate a 
stock assessment on the status of the red drum stocks in the Atlantic 
prepared by NMFS in cooperation with the South Atlantic states. The 
Group will consider available information, including but not limited 
to, commercial and recreational catches, natural and fishing mortality 
estimates, recruitment, fishery-dependent and fishery-independent data, 
and data needs. These analyses will be used to determine the condition 
of the stocks. Currently, it is illegal to harvest or possess red drum 
in Atlantic Federal waters.
    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 7, 
2000.

    Dated: January 27, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-2131 Filed 1-31-00; 8:45 am]
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