[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 162 (Monday, August 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50678-50679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21226]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081400F]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of conference call.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will conduct a 
telephone conference call of the Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) 
Advisory Panel to discuss the BRD Testing Protocol Manual. Conference 
stations will be established at NMFS Southeast Regional Office in St. 
Petersburg, FL, Georgia Department of Natural Resources in Brunswick, 
GA and at the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) 
office in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The telephone conference call is scheduled for September 5, 2000 
at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Conference station locations will be located at the 
following locations:
    1. NMFS Southeast Regional Office at 9721 Executive Center Drive 
N., St. Petersburg, FL; telephone: (727) 570-5305;
    2. Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Coastal Resources 
Division, One Conservation Way, Suite 300, Brunswick, GA; telephone: 
(912) 264-7218;
    3. South Atlantic Council office, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, 
Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 571-4366.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Participants in the conference call will 
have an opportunity to comment on the latest version of the BRD Testing 
Protocol Manual that includes modifications suggested by the BRD 
Advisory Panel, NMFS and the Council. Copies of the BRD Testing 
Protocol Manual can be obtained by contacting the Council office (see 
ADDRESSES).
    Although non-emergency 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 action during this conference call. Action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice 
and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This conference call 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 31, 2000.

    Dated: August 15, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-21226 Filed 8-18-00; 8:45 am]
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