[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58568-58569]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XK95


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION:  Notice of a rescheduled South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's South Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Internet Map Server 
(IMS) Refinement Workshop.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) has 
rescheduled a South Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem IMS Refinement 
Workshop, in St. Petersburg, FL.

DATES: The workshop has been rescheduled for November 6-7, 2008. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue, S.E., St. Petersburg, FL; 
telephone: (727) 896-8626.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 
or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rescheduled IMS Workshop will take place 
from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. on November 6, 2008, and from 8:30 a.m. - 12 
noon on November 7, 2008.
    The Workshop is designed to continue the refinement of the 
Council's Internet Map Server (IMS) as a support tool for ecosystem-
based management. Invited workshop participants will review the present 
structure of the IMS and future capabilities, identify Geographic 
Information Systems (GIS) needs supporting management, research, and 
regional collaborations and provide recommendations. Participants will 
also identify additional data and GIS for possible inclusion in the IMS 
and provide recommendations for enhancing and refining the functional 
capabilities of the IMS to better support local, state, and other 
regional habitat and ecosystem GIS needs.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions 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 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 auxiliary aids should be directed to the council office 
(see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meetings.

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    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject 
to change.

    Dated: October 2, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-23628 Filed 10-6ndash;08; 8:45 am]
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