[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 158 (Thursday, August 15, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53341-53342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080602C]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a joint meeting of its Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) and Shrimp 
Bycatch Reduction Device (BRD) Advisory Panel in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The Shrimp AP and Shrimp BRD AP will meet jointly September 3, 
2002 from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. and September 4, 2002 from 8:30 a.m. 
until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Town and Country Inn, 
2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: 843-571-1000.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Managment Council, One

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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 this meeting is to further 
develop the options paper for Amendment 6 to the South Atlantic Shrimp 
Fishery Management Plan by including the advisory panels' input and 
recommendations. Management actions to be considered in Amendment 6 
will include the required Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) criteria for 
all shrimp species, options to modify or remove the BRD Protocol from 
the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan and measures to reduce the level of 
turtle mortality. In relation to the increased number of turtle 
strandings observed, the Council is considering night time closures in 
the shrimp fishery as one of the options to remedy this situation.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this 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 August 26, 2002.

    Dated: August 9, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-20737 Filed 8-14-02; 8:45 am]
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