[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 48986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22902]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF755
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to discuss proposed
changes to management of the snapper grouper fishery, provide
information, and receive updates. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP meeting will be held Wednesday, November
8, 2017, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on
Thursday, November 9, 2017.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel; 4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418.
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: The Snapper Grouper AP will review and
provide recommendations on developing amendments to the Snapper Grouper
Fishery Management Plan (recreational and commercial visioning
amendments and best fishing practices and recreational reporting
amendment); provide information to develop fishery performance reports
on black sea bass and vermilion snapper; and receive updates on items
including stock assessments, recreational data reporting projects, a
proposed moratorium on for-hire permits, and other items.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the SAFMC office (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 18, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-22902 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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