[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06437]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD837
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: Design workshop for monitoring deep water snapper-grouper
species in the South Atlantic.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) and
Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) will host a workshop where
fishermen and scientists will discuss approaches for monitoring the
deep water stocks component of the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper
complex. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday,
April 7, 2015; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, 2015; and
8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The Workshop will be held at SEFSC Laboratory in
Beaufort NC, located at 101 Piver's Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516.
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, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-
4520; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The goal of the Workshop is to identify
optimal approaches and associated costs for surveying the South
Atlantic deep-water species complex. Survey goals are expected to
include providing abundance information and biological samples to
support stock assessments of deep water species.
Workshop Agenda, Tuesday, April 7-Thursday, April 9, 2015
1. Identify focal species
2. Provide species details
3. Recommend survey gears
4. Recommend gear configurations
5. Recommend survey data to collect
6. Recommend a sampling universe
7. Provide survey design guidance
8. Compare and contrast survey platforms, including cooperative
research opportunities
9. Provide cost estimates
10. Identify long-term and short-term needs and cooperative research
opportunities
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the SAFMC office (see
ADDRESSES) at least 5 business 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 17, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-06437 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]
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