[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 51070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18831]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080904B]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
Researcher Workshop for the Oculina Experimental Closed Area and 
Deepwater Coral/Habitat.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a technical research workshop in Cape Canaveral, FL involving 
invited scientists with backgrounds in deepwater coral and the Oculina 
Bank area.

DATES: The workshop will take place August 31 through September 3, 
2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Radisson Resort at the 
Port, 8701 Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920; telephone: 
321-784-0000 or 800-333-3333.

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 
866-SAFMC-10; fax: 843-769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Workshop participants will meet from 1 p.m. 
until 5 p.m. on August 31, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on 
September 1-2, 2004, and from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. on September 3, 
2004. The workshop has two primary goals: (1) Development of a research 
and monitoring plan for the Oculina Experimental Closed Area, and (2) 
Development of a research and monitoring plan for deepwater coral and 
associated habitat.
    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 27, 2004.

    Dated: August 12, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-18831 Filed 8-16-04; 8:45 am]
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