[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 47122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1728]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072904F]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a joint public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a joint meeting of its Information and Education Committee and 
Information and Education Advisory Panel in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The meeting will take place August 24-26, 2004. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 678 
Citadel Haven Drive, Charleston, SC 29414; telephone: 843/573-1200 or 
toll free 800/426-7866.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One Southpark 
Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: 843/571-4366 or 
toll free 866/SAFMC-10; fax: 843/769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Information and Education Committee will 
meet jointly with the Advisory Panel from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. on 
August 24,2004, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on August 25, 2004, and 
from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on August 26, 2004.
    The Information and Education Committee and Advisory Panel will 
meet jointly to review and discuss issues relative to outreach and 
public affairs. During the joint meeting, the Committee and Advisory 
Panel will review and discuss options and develop recommendations to 
the Council regarding the following: the Council's current Web site 
design, content, and hosting; an outreach strategy for the Oculina Bank 
Experimental Closed Area off the central East Coast of Florida; and 
outreach efforts relevant to the Council's Action Plan for Ecosystem-
Based Management. In addition, the Committee and Advisory Panel will 
review the current regulations brochure and develop recommendations for 
options regarding design and distribution of the brochure.
    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

    This meeting 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 23, 
2004.

    Dated: July 30, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1728 Filed 8-3-04; 8:45 am]
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