[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 25, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58982-58983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23550]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC249
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 joint meeting of its Deepwater Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) and
Coral Advisory Panel in Cape Canaveral, FL.
DATES: Members of the Deepwater Shrimp AP and Coral AP will meet
jointly from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on October 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Resort at the Port,
8701 Astronaut Blvd., Cape Canaveral, FL; telephone: (800) 967-9033;
fax: (321) 784-3737.
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; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issues to be addressed at the meeting
include: An overview of the rock shrimp fishery and of deepwater coral
resources; options for expanding Coral Habitat Areas of Particular
Concern (HAPCs); and transit provisions through the Oculina Bank HAPC.
The joint APs will provide recommendation to the Council.
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
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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
The 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 meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Dated: September 20, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-23550 Filed 9-24-12; 8:45 am]
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