[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19852]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD431
Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States; Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)
Calibration Workshop.
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SUMMARY: SEDAR and NOAA Fisheries Service will convene a workshop to
consider calibration methods for recent changes in methods employed by
MRIP for estimating marine recreational fisheries harvest. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meetings will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on September 8,
2014; 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 9, 2014, and 8:30 a.m. to 12
p.m. on September 10, 2014. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The MRIP Calibration Workshop will be held at the Crowne
Plaza Airport Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC
29418; telephone: (800) 503-5762 or (843) 744-4422; fax: (843) 744-
4472.
SEDAR address: SEDAR, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, Science and
Statistics Program Manager, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items will be discussed during
this meeting.
1 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2014-12 p.m. Wednesday, September 10,
2014:
1. Review methods and results of MRIP Calibration Workshop I.
2. Review MRIP Pilot Study of new Access Point Angler Intercept
Survey (APAIS) sampling design.
3. Review 2013-14 Coastwide Implementation of New APAIS design.
4. Review Analytical methods used to evaluate APAIS design change
effects on MRIP catch statistics.
5. Review of analytical results for Gulf red snapper and selected
additional species stocks.
6. Consideration of other possible analytical approaches.
7. Assessment of possible methods for calibrating pre-2013 MRIP
catch statistics.
8. Testing of alternative calibration approaches.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this
meeting. Actions 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 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 sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Council office,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571-4366, at least 5 business days prior to the
workshop.
Dated: August 18, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-19852 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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