[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35304-35305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15135]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD994
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public input meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council's Visioning Project (Draft Vision Blueprint for the
snapper grouper fishery).
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a series of public input meetings to collect input on the draft
Vision Blueprint for the snapper grouper fishery as part of the Council
Visioning Project. The meetings will be held via webinar and also
utilize comment stations.
DATES: The public input meetings will be conducted in two parts--a
series of webinars on each draft strategic goal and a series of
webinars/comment stations on the entire draft Vision Blueprint. Meeting
dates and comment station locations will be posted on the Council's Web
site, and publicized.
Part 1--The first series of meetings will be conducted via webinar
only from July 7 through July 9, 2015. The first series of webinars
will be conducted beginning at 10 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. on the
following dates:
1. July 7, 2015--Draft Strategic Goal Area--Science
2. July 8, 2015--Draft Strategic Goal Area- Management
3. July 9, 2015--Draft Strategic Goal Areas--Communication & Governance
Registration is required to participate and registration
information will be posted on the SAFMC Web site at www.safmc.net as it
becomes available. Webinar registrants may test/confirm their computer
set up for the webinar one hour prior to each hearing and contact Mike
Collins at (843) 763-1050 to address any questions regarding webinar
setup.
Part 2--The second series of meetings will be conducted between
July 13 and July 30, 2015 beginning at 6 p.m. via webinar/comment
stations (see ADDRESSES). Details regarding the comment station
locations will be posted to the Visioning Project page of the Council's
Web site at www.safmc.net as they become available.
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The public can participate in the meetings remotely by registering
and participating via webinar or by attending the meeting in person at
a comment station on the scheduled dates. Area Council representatives
will be present at the comment stations to moderate the meetings. If
participating by webinar, registration for each webinar is required.
Registration information will be posted on the Visioning Project page
on the Council's Web site at www.safmc.net.
ADDRESSES: Public input webinar meeting dates and local comment station
addresses:
1. July 13, 2015--Local Comment Station: St. Augustine, FL
(location to be determined);
2. July 14, 2015--Local Comment Station: Titusville, FL (location
to be determined);
3. July 15, 2015--Local Comment Station: Stuart, FL (location to be
determined);
4. July 16, 2015--Local Comment Station: Marathon, FL (location to
be determined);
5. July 20, 2015--Local Comment Station: Murrells Inlet Community
Center, 4450 Murrells Inlet Road, Murrells Inlet, SC; phone: (843) 651-
7373;
6. July 21, 2015--Local Comment Station: Charleston, SC (location
to be determined);
7. July 22, 2015--Local Comment Station: Sapelo Saltwater Fishing
Club, Shellman Bluff, GA;
8. July 23, 2015--Local Comment Station: Coastal Resources
Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, One Conservation
Way, Brunswick, GA 31520-8687;
9. July 28, 2015--Local Comment Station: UNC Wilmington Center for
Marine Science, Atrium Room 5600 Marvin K. Moss Lane, Wilmington, NC
28409; phone: (910) 962-2403;
10. July 29, 2015--Local Comment Station: NC Division of Marine
Fisheries, Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead
City, NC 28557; phone: (252) 726-7021;
11. July 30, 2015--Local Comment Station: UNC Coastal Studies
Institute, 850 N.C. Highway 345, Wanchese, NC 27981; phone: (252) 475-
5488;
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Von Harten, Fishery Outreach
Specialist, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council is developing a long-term ``vision'' and strategic plan for
managing the snapper grouper fishery. In December 2012, the Council
began discussions about the steps and structure needed for undertaking
a visioning and strategic planning project and the process for engaging
stakeholders in the project. The Council views this as a project to
work cooperatively with all stakeholders having fishery interests. The
visioning and strategic planning project will evaluate and refine
current goals, objectives and strategies for managing the snapper
grouper fishery through informed public input via the 26 port meetings
held in 2014 and Council member input. The purpose of the draft Vision
Blueprint public input meetings is to have informal discussions with
the public about the draft Vision Blueprint document and the proposed
draft strategic goals, objectives and strategies. The schedule of
meetings and documents pertaining to the Draft Vision Blueprint will be
available under the Visioning Project page on the Council's Web site at
www.safmc.net.
During the webinars, Council staff will present an overview of the
draft strategic goal areas and the draft Vision Blueprint and will be
available for informal discussions and to answer questions via webinar.
During the local comment stations, area Council representatives will be
present and available for informal discussions and to answer questions.
All webinars will be recorded and used to collect input on the Draft
Vision Blueprint.
Written comments may be mailed, emailed, or submitted online using
the Draft Vision Blueprint web comment form available on the Council's
Web site. The Draft Vision Blueprint web comment form will be available
under the Visioning Project page on the Council's Web site at
www.safmc.net. Comments may be mailed to Amber Von Harten, SAFMC (see
ADDRESSES) or submitted via email to: [email protected]. Note that
email comments should specify ``Draft Vision Blueprint'' in the Subject
Line of the email. Comments for the Draft Vision Blueprint will be
accepted until 5 p.m. on September 1, 2015.
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: June 16, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-15135 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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