[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 26076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1081]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 050504A]


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Steering Committee 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a SEDAR Steering Committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet via conference call on 
May 21, 2004, to discuss the SEDAR process and the king mackerel review 
workshop. Listening posts will be established at three locations to 
accommodate interested members of the public.

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee conference call will be held from 9 
a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday, May 21, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Listening posts to accommodate interested members of the 
public will be established at the following locations:
    1. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark Circle, 
Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407;
    2. NMFS, Southeast Regional Office, 9721 Executive Center Drive N., 
St. Petersburg, FL 33702; and
    3. NMFS, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, 75 Virginia Beach 
Drive, Miami, FL 33149.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, 
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407; 
phone: 843-571-4366 or toll free 866-SAFMC-10; fax: 843-769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and 
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NMFS, the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the Gulf States Marine 
Fisheries Commission, implemented the SEDAR process - a multi-step 
method for determining the status of fish stocks. The SEDAR Steering 
Committee provides oversight of the SEDAR process and establishes 
assessment priorities.
    The Steering Committee meeting will convene via conference call 
from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on May 21, 2004, to discuss and review the SEDAR 
process and the king mackerel review workshop. Listening posts will be 
established to accommodate interested members of the public (see 
ADDRESSES).

Special Accommodations

    The listening post locations for this conference call are 
accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language 
interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Joyce 
Mochrie at NMFS Southeast Regional Office (see ADDRESSES) by May 12, 
2004.

    Dated: May 5, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1081 Filed 5-10-04; 8:45 am]
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