[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 207 (Wednesday, October 26, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 74406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25885]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE992


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 public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a 
meeting of its Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management 
(Habitat) Advisory Panel (AP) in St. Petersburg, FL. The meeting is 
open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 15, 2016, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 
November 16, 2016.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Florida Fish and 
Wildlife and Resources Institute (FWRI), Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Conservation Commission, 100 8th Ave. SE. 3370, St. Petersburg, FL; 
phone: (727) 896-8626.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Items to be addressed or sessions to be 
conducted during this meeting include: Updates on the Fishery Ecosystem 
Plan (FEP) II development including new sections on South Atlantic 
Climate Variability and Fisheries and South Atlantic Food Webs and 
Connectivity; Draft Policy Statements for Artificial Reefs, South 
Atlantic Food Webs and Connectivity and South Atlantic Climate 
Variability and Fisheries; status report on ecosystem modeling and tool 
development to inform and support FEP II; Ecosystem research needs; the 
South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative (SALCC) Conservation 
Blueprint Version 2.1; and status of the Lenfest Fishery Ecosystem Task 
Force. In addition, NOAA Fisheries Habitat Conservation Division, as 
needed, will brief the Panel on Essential Fish Habitat related permit 
and policy reviews and comments.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the 
Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting.

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


    Dated: October 21, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-25885 Filed 10-25-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P