[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17023-17024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8558]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 033103H]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Sub-
Committee in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The meeting will take place April 23-25, 2003.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town & Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (843) 571-1000; fax: 
(843) 766-9444.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: 866-SAFMC-10; fax: 
(843) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC Sub-Committee will meet from 1 p.m. 
until 5 p.m. on April 23, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. until5 p.m. on April 24, 
2003, and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on April 25, 2003. Under the 
Magnuson-Stevens Act, the SSC is the body responsible for reviewing the 
Council's scientific materials, including stock assessments. Therefore, 
the purpose of this SSC Sub-Committee meeting is to prepare 
recommendations for presentation to the full Scientific and Statistical 
Committee during the June, 2003 meeting in Cocoa Beach, FL, addressing 
red porgy, vermilion snapper and black sea bass assessments. The SSC 
Sub-Committee will provide their determinations on the stock 
assessments, including the following: certify the assessments are based 
upon best available data/science and are adequate for management, 
develop advice on the magnitude and direction of action(s) required, 
interpret the assessment results and provide clearly understood 
conclusions, develop guidelines for the Council on assessment needs and 
resources to complete recommendations, and review the current 
Southeastern Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) Process and offer 
recommendations.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come

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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 April 21, 2003.

    Dated: April 1, 2003.
Theophilus R. Brainerd,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-8558 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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