[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 62519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-26350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE247


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: Notice of public meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council's Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) and 
Information and Education AP.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will 
hold meetings of its Snapper Grouper AP and Information & Education AP 
in North Charleston, SC.

DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP will meet from 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 
November 3, 2015 until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. The 
Information and Education AP meeting will be held Thursday, November 5, 
2015, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.

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:

Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel Agenda

    1. The AP will receive updates on the status of Amendments under 
development and recently implemented and the October meeting of the 
SAFMC Scientific and Statistical Committee
    2. The AP will review and provide recommendations as appropriate on 
the following Amendments currently under development:
    a. Amendment 37 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan 
(hogfish)
    b. Amendment 25 (blueline tilefish, yellowtail snapper, and black 
sea bass)
    c. Amendment 36 (Spawning Special Management Zones)
    d. Joint South Atlantic (SA)/Gulf of Mexico (GM) Amendment on South 
Florida Issues (Yellowtail Snapper Acceptable Biological Catch and 
Annual Catch Limits & Accountability Measures)
    e. Joint SA/GM Charterboat Electronic Reporting Amendment
    3. Update on Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program 
proposal for electronic reporting for charter fleet
    4. Update on the October 2015 Council Visioning Workshop

Information and Education Advisory Panel Agenda

    The Information and Education AP will receive updates on the 
following and provide recommendations as appropriate:
    1. SAFMC System Management Plan--Outreach Sections
    2. SAFMC Vision Blueprint for the Snapper Grouper Fishery--
Communication Goal
    3. SAFMC Technical Documents and Public Input Strategies
    4. SAFMC Fishery Citizen Science Initiative
    5. Marine Resource Education Program--South East
    6. 2016 SAFMC Outreach Projects

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: October 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-26350 Filed 10-15-15; 8:45 am]
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