[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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