# 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 (Council) will hold a meeting of its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory Panel (AP) in Charleston, SC.
**DATES:**
The meeting will take place November 15-16, 2011. See *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* for specific dates and times.
**ADDRESSES:**
The meeting will be held at the Charleston Marriott Hotel, 170 Lockwood Blvd., Charleston, SC 29403; *telephone:* (800) 968-3569; *fax:* (843) 723-0276.
**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; *e-mail: [email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
Members of the Habitat and Environmental Protection AP will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 15, 2011 and from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 16, 2011.
The meeting will focus on further facilitating the Council's habitat conservation efforts, the move to ecosystem-based management strategies, and the regional applications of marine and spatial planning and management. Topics to be addressed at the meeting include: a regional mapping strategy based on managed species and habitat needs; an overview of fisheries' oceanography needs; and an identification of priority fish, fish habitat and fishery research needs required for a proposed alternative energy facility in the South Atlantic. The AP will initiate the development of support materials, revise conservation policies, and recommend management actions which implement fishing and non-fishing conservation provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and the Fishery Management Plan that supports the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendments.
An Eco-Regional Partner Coordination meeting will be integrated with the AP meeting on November 16, 2011. Invited guests include representatives from: the Governors South Atlantic Alliance; the Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership; the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association; the South Atlantic Landscape Conservation Cooperative; the USGS Southeast Climate Science Center; the Navy Fleet Forces Command; the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement; and others. Topics to be addressed at the integrated meeting include: coordination of management initiatives between the Council and other agencies; and the development of a South Atlantic Habitat and Ecosystem Digital Dashboard, created in cooperation with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute.
**Special Accommodations**
These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see *ADDRESSES* ) 3 days prior to the meeting.
**Note:**
The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject to change.
Dated: September 21, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.