[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072897E]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Scoping 
Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold an Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) public 
scoping meeting and a public scoping meeting on dolphin fish 
management.

DATES: The meetings will be held from August 18-20, 1997, in 
conjunction with the Council meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 
specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The scoping meetings will be held at the Town and Country 
Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: (803) 571-1000 
or (800) 334-6660.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306; Charleston, SC 29407-4699.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Buchanan, Public Information 
Officer; telephone: (803) 571-4366; fax: (803) 769-4520; E-mail 
address: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACCSP public scoping meeting will be 
held August 18, 1997, from 6:00 p.m. until all business is complete. 
The purpose of this scoping meeting is to provide members of the public 
an opportunity to express their views on ways to improve commercial and 
recreational fisheries data collection.
    The public scoping meeting on dolphin management will be held 
August 20, 1997, from 6:00 p.m. until all business is complete. The 
purpose of this scoping meeting is to provide members of the public an 
opportunity to express their views on the need for and the type of 
management the Council should consider for the dolphin fish resource.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 
by August 11, 1997.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 4, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-20954 Filed 8-5-97; 11:27 am]
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