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38404 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 147 / Monday, August 3, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN: 0648–XQ66
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.
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council will hold a
meeting of its King and Spanish
Mackerel (Mackerel) Advisory Panel in
North Charleston, SC. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meeting will take place
August 18–19, 2009. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Boulevard, North
Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308–
9330.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite
201, N. Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520;
email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the Mackerel Advisory Panel will
meet from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on August
18, 2009, and from 8:30 a.m. until 3
p.m. on August 19, 2009.
The Advisory Panel will review
actions and management alternatives in
draft Amendment 18 to the Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for the Coastal
Migratory Pelagic Resources (Mackerels)
in the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic Region. The joint amendment is
being prepared in order to meet the
mandates of the Reauthorized
Magnuson-Stevens Act, including the
establishment of Maximum Sustainable
Yield (MSY), Allowable Biological
Catch (ABC) and Overfishing Levels
(OFLs) as recommended by both the
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) and