[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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