The Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council is scheduled to meet in Savannah on Thursday, Nov. 12, to review proposed management goals for the sanctuary’s next 10 years and consider whether to send recommendations to NOAA. The public can attend at no charge or join remotely.
The quarterly fall meeting runs from 10 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. at the GRNMS Ocean Discovery Center, 340 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Suite A, in Savannah. Remote attendance is available through GoToWebinar.
Members will hear about a Federal Register Request for Information published in early November. It seeks public comment on preliminary goals and objectives for managing Gray’s Reef over the coming decade, as well as other recommendations for the sanctuary’s future. The superintendent is scheduled to explain the request process.
The council’s Executive Committee will report on whether recommendations submitted since 2014 need amendment in light of new conditions or needs at the sanctuary. The council may also act on recommendations to NOAA in response to the request; the meeting listing does not say that action has already been taken.
Yolonda Harris
News Now Georgia
