[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1424-1425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-28]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 010305A]


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

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR 
schedule; receive updates on SEDAR 7, Gulf of Mexico red snapper and 
SEDAR 8, Caribbean yellowtail snapper and spiny lobster; discuss the 
process for conducting assessment updates; establish the assessment 
schedule for 2005 and 2006; and clarify objectives for the 2005 CY 
budget. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 1, 
2005, from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm; and Wednesday, February 2, 2005, from 
8:30 am to 1 pm.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn and Suites, 678 
Citadel Haven Drive, Charleston SC 29414, Phone: 800-426-7866 or 843-
573-1200/Fax: 843-556-6078.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, 
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, S.C., 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 NOAA 
Fisheries, 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.

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 South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council office at the address listed above at least 5 
business days prior to the meeting.


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    January 4, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-28 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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