[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5816-5817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1486]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 013006F]


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of the Deepwater Coral Research and Monitoring Plan 
Development Workshop.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
conduct a workshop to continue development of the Council's Deepwater 
Coral Research and Monitoring Plan in St. Petersburg, FL.

DATES: The workshop will take place March 9-10, 2006. 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 33701; 
telephone: (727) 896-8626; fax: (727) 893-2947.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: 
(843) 769-4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invited workshop participants will meet from 
8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. on March 9, 2006 and from 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. on 
March 10, 2006 to complete a draft of the Council's Deepwater Coral 
Research and Monitoring Plan. This workshop is a follow up to one held 
in 2004. The workshop is designed to consolidate and refine sections of 
the draft document that have been developed through the use of a web 
portal. When completed, the detailed research and monitoring plan will 
be immediately integrated into the Council's developing

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Fishery Ecosystem Plan and support long-term research needs for the 
proposed deepwater Lophelia coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern. 
In addition, the research plan will also comprise the South Atlantic 
component of NOAA's national strategy for research and monitoring of 
deepwater coral communities.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may be 
discussed, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during 
this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically 
listed in this document and any issues arising after publication of 
this document that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the 
public has been notified of the intent to take final action to address 
the emergency.

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

    Dated: January 31, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-1486 Filed 2-2-06; 8:45 am]
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