[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59590-59591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26200]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100703F]


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 a public workshop.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a 
Deepwater Snapper Grouper Data Workshop as part of the Southeastern 
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) process. The SEDAR assessment of 
the South Atlantic and Caribbean deepwater snapper and grouper complex 
will begin with a Data Workshop in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The SEDAR Deepwater Data Workshop will be held November 3, 2003 
beginning at 1:30 p.m. through November 7, 2003, ending by 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Hampton Inn Charleston/West 
Ashley, 678 Citadel Haven Drive, Charleston, SC 29414; telephone: (843) 
573-1200; fax: (843) 556-6078.
    Council address: One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 
29407.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An assessment data set will be developed 
during the workshop for 8 species in the South Atlantic snapper grouper 
management complex: snowy grouper, golden tilefish, speckled hind, 
Warsaw grouper, blueline tilefish, queen snapper, misty grouper and 
yellowedge grouper. The data set will also include the following four 
species from the Caribbean: queen snapper, silk snapper, sand tilefish 
and blackline tilefish. The assessment data set for these species will 
include catch statistics, fishery sampling, independent monitoring, 
life history and logbook information.
    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 October 30, 2003.

    Dated: October 9, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-26200 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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