[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 186 (Monday, September 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59387-59388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24591]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA723


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 public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory 
Panel (AP) in Charleston, SC.

DATES: The meeting will take place November 15-16, 2011. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Charleston Marriott Hotel, 
170 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, SC 29403; telephone: (800) 968-3569; 
fax: (843) 723-0276.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  Members of the Habitat and Environmental 
Protection AP will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 15, 2011 
and from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 16, 2011.
    The meeting will focus on further facilitating the Council's 
habitat conservation efforts, the move to ecosystem-based management 
strategies, and the regional applications of marine and spatial 
planning and management. Topics to be addressed at the meeting include: 
a regional mapping strategy based on managed species and habitat needs; 
an overview of fisheries' oceanography needs; and an identification of 
priority fish, fish habitat and fishery research needs required for a 
proposed alternative energy facility in the South Atlantic. The AP will 
initiate the development of

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support materials, revise conservation policies, and recommend 
management actions which implement fishing and non-fishing conservation 
provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Fishery Management Plan 
that supports the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendments.
    An Eco-Regional Partner Coordination meeting will be integrated 
with the AP meeting on November 16, 2011. Invited guests include 
representatives from: the Governors South Atlantic Alliance; the 
Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership; the Southeast Coastal Ocean 
Observing Regional Association; the South Atlantic Landscape 
Conservation Cooperative; the USGS Southeast Climate Science Center; 
the Navy Fleet Forces Command; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement; and others. Topics to be addressed at the 
integrated meeting include: coordination of management initiatives 
between the Council and other agencies; and the development of a South 
Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Digital Dashboard, created in 
cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the 
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.

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


    Dated: September 21, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24591 Filed 9-23-11; 8:45 am]
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