[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 59739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25111]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE195


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 will hold a 
meeting of its Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management 
(Habitat) Advisory Panel (AP) in N. Charleston, SC. 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 17, 2015, and from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 
18, 2015.

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; 
telephone: (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 the Habitat AP meeting include but not limited to: The 
review and completion of a redrafted Council Essential Fish Habitat 
(EFH) Policy Statement on Energy Exploration, Development and 
Transportation; a presentation on the Florida Artificial Reef Program 
and discussion on the developing Artificial Reef Policy Statement; a 
roundtable discussion on issues associated with South Atlantic Climate 
Variability and Fisheries and South Atlantic Food Webs and Connectivity 
for possible future policy statement development; and a Panel member 
working session highlighting regional research program activities and 
facilitating the update of Volume V of Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) II, 
Regional Programs and Data Needs and associated appendices presenting 
Council, State, Commission and partner research, monitoring and data 
needs. Other status reports will focus on regional ecosystem modelling, 
threats to EFH, and EFH updates associated with FEP II development.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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: September 29, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-25111 Filed 10-1-15; 8:45 am]
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