This meeting is being held to aid the Department in establishing numeric nutrient criteria for estuaries and coastal waters in the following areas: Big Bend from Dekle Beach to Crystal River, Kings Bay/Crystal River, Springs Coast from Crystal River to Anclote Keys. The Department is seeking to gather information on individual marine systems that will serve to support statewide criteria development and provide a solid foundation to establish nutrient criteria appropriate for each specific area. The purpose of the meeting is to solicit and discuss information regarding nutrients and documented associations between nutrients and ecological conditions within the estuaries. While not intended as a meeting of the Numeric Nutrient Criteria Technical Advisory Committee (Nutrient TAC), one or more members of the Nutrient TAC may participate and provide comments at this meeting.