[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40103-40104]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19991]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071598G]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold joint meetings of its Habitat Committee and Coral Advisory Panel 
and its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meetings will be held from August 11-13, 1998. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Town & Country Inn, 2008 
Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 571-1000.
    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: (843) 571-4366; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected]


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates

    August 11, 1998, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The Habitat Committee, Coral and Habitat & Environmental Protection 
Advisory Panels will hear an overview of the development of the 
Council's actions to meet the requirements of the Sustainable Fisheries 
Act regarding essential fish habitat, bycatch, overfishing and 
fishingcommunities, and an overview of further necessary action to meet 
these requirements, review comments received during public hearing and 
informal review comments on the Council's Habitat Plan and Habitat 
Comprehensive Amendment and the Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment,and 
Review and provide advisory panel and committee comments on the Draft 
Calico Scallop Fishery Management Plan.
    August 12, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
    The committee and advisory panels will review and provide comments 
to the Council on the following Council documents: the Draft Sargassum 
Plan, the Draft Habitat Plan, the Draft Habitat Amendment, and the 
Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendment. The advisory panels will then 
develop final advisory panel recommendations on these documents to the 
Council.
    August 13, 1998, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon
    The committee and advisory panels will meet to develop final 
committee recommendations to the Council regarding the aforementioned 
documents in this Notice, and discuss other business.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in this notice.

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 4,1998.

    Dated: July 20, 1998.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-19991 Filed 7-24-98; 8:45 am]
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