[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4151-4152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01417]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD096


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

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

ACTION: Notice of meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Visioning Project (Port Meetings).

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will 
hold a series of public port meetings as part of the Council Visioning 
Project.

DATES: The meetings will be held from February through April 2014. 
Meeting dates will be posted on the SAFMC Web site, sent out via email 
distribution, and other Council related outreach publications 
(newsletter, news releases, social media platforms, postcards, etc.).

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meetings will be held in communities in 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Meeting locations 
and addresses will be posted on the SAFMC Web site, sent out via email 
distribution, and other Council related outreach publications 
(newsletter, news releases, social media platforms, postcards, etc.).
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Von Harten, Fishery Outreach 
Specialist, SAFMC; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-
10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council is developing a long-term vision and strategic plan for 
managing the snapper grouper fishery along with the process for 
engaging stakeholders in the project. The Council views this as a plan 
to work cooperatively with all stakeholders having fishery interests. 
The visioning and strategic planning project will evaluate and refine 
current goals, objectives and strategies for managing the snapper 
grouper fishery through informed public input via port meetings.
    The items of discussion during the port meetings are as follows:
    Participants will discuss ideas for future long-term management of 
the snapper grouper fishery.
    Meetings will be hosted by fishermen and others with fishery 
interests and facilitated by Council staff. In addition, fishermen and 
others with fishery interests will assist with promoting the meetings 
in their communities. Members of the public are encouraged to view the 
SAFMC Web site for more details as they become available under the 
Visioning Project page at www.safmc.net.

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.



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    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 21, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-01417 Filed 1-23-14; 8:45 am]
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