[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 50 (Friday, March 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14482-14483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05641]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD169


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: Meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's 
Habitat & Environmental Protection Advisory Panel (AP); King & Spanish 
Mackerel AP; and Snapper Grouper AP.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will 
hold the AP meetings in North Charleston, SC.

DATES: The meetings will be held from 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 
until 12 noon on Friday, April 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza 
Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: 
(877) 227-6963 or (843) 744-4422; fax: (843) 744-4472.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; 
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual 
meeting agendas are as follows:

Habitat & Environmental Protection AP Agenda, 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 
1, 2014 until 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2014

    1. Update and develop Council Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) policy 
statements.
    2. Receive updates on regional habitat and ecosystem 
characterization and modeling efforts.
    3. Receive updates and provide input on regional ecosystem partner 
conservation efforts (e.g., South Atlantic Landscape Conservation 
Cooperative's Draft Conservation Blueprint).
    4. Discuss development of the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan II, 
updates to EFH, and proposed new sections addressing forage fish/prey 
predator interactions, climate and fisheries and fishery oceanography.
    5. Discuss updates to the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan.
    6. Provide recommendations to the Council for consideration.

King & Spanish Mackerel AP Agenda, 1 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2014 
until 12 noon on Tuesday, April 8, 2014

    1. Approve minutes from the April 2013 Mackerel AP Meeting.
    2. Receive an update on the progress of Southeast Data, Assessment 
& Review (SEDAR) 38 (Gulf and South Atlantic King Mackerel). Discuss 
project and provide recommendations.
    3. Receive an overview of the following amendments: Coastal 
Migratory Pelagics (CMP) Joint Amendment 24 (allocations); and CMP 
Joint Amendment 26 (separate commercial permits). Discuss amendments 
and provide recommendations.

Snapper Grouper AP Agenda, 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 until 12 
noon on Friday, April 11, 2014

    1. Review and provide recommendations on the following amendments: 
Regulatory Amendment 16 (removal of the Black Sea Bass pot closure); 
Amendment 22 (tags to track harvest); Amendment 29 (Only Reliable Catch 
Stocks, ORCS, and Gray Triggerfish management measures); Amendment 32 
(Blueline Tilefish Annual Catch Limits, ACLs, and management measures); 
Regulatory Amendment 20 (Snowy Grouper); Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 7/
Snapper Grouper Amendment 33 (transport of fillets); Regulatory 
Amendment 17 (Marine Protected Areas, MPAs); and the Generic 
Accountability Measures/Dolphin Allocation Amendment.
    2. Receive presentations on MPAs and provide recommendations to the 
Council.

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    3. Receive a report on the Oculina Experimental Closed Area 
Evaluation.
    4. Receive an update on Visioning activities.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, 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 and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
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.


    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-05641 Filed 3-13-14; 8:45 am]
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