[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33663-33665]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-12618]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE651
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the: Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management
Committee; Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Selection
Committee (Closed Session); Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) Committee (Partially Closed Session); Advisory Panel Selection
Committee; Joint Dolphin Wahoo and Snapper Grouper Committees; Snapper
Grouper Committee; Law Enforcement Committee (Partially Closed
Session); Spiny Lobster Committee; Protected Resources Committee; Data
Collection Committee; Executive Finance Committee; King and Spanish
Mackerel Committee; and a meeting of the Full Council.
The Council will also hold a formal public comment session. The
Council will take action as necessary.
DATES: The Council meeting will be held from 1:30 p.m. on Monday, June
13, 2016 until 1 p.m. on Friday, June 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Cocoa Beach
Oceanfront, 1550 N. Atlantic Avenue, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; phone:
(800) 445-8667 or (321) 799-0003; fax: (321) 799-0344.
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:
Public comment: Written comments may be directed to Gregg Waugh,
Executive Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (see
ADDRESSES) or electronically via the Council's Web site at: http://safmc.net/CommentForm_June2016Council. All comments must be received by
June 6, 2016 in order to be considered by the Council prior to the
meeting. For written comments received after the Monday before the
meeting (after 6/6), individuals sending the comment must use the
Council's online form ``http://safmc.net/CommentForm_June2016Council''.
Comments will automatically be posted to the Web site and available for
Council consideration. Comments received prior to noon on Thursday,
June 16, 2016 will be a part of the meeting administrative record.
The items of discussion in the individual meeting agendas are as
follows:
Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management Committee Meeting,
Monday, June 13, 2016, 1:30 p.m. Until 5:30 p.m.
The Committee will receive a status report on the development of
the Fishery Ecosystem Plan II. An Ocean Technology Session will be held
as part of the Committee meeting with sessions addressing the use of
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), Autonomous and 3D Mapping,
Remotely Operated Vehicles Advances and Acoustics, and Unmanned
Aircraft Systems (Drones) as Tools in the Ocean. The Committee will
also receive presentations on Ocean Investment and Collaborative
Sustainability, Applying Emerging Technologies and 21st Century Data
Collection, and an overview of recent Council actions specific to
Habitat.
SSC Selection Committee, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 8:30 a.m. Until 9 a.m.
(Closed Session)
The Committee will review applications for the SSC and provide
recommendations for Council consideration.
SEDAR Committee (Partially Closed Session), Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 9
a.m. Until 10 a.m.
1. The Committee will recommend participants for the upcoming
Blueline Tilefish Benchmark and Red Grouper SEDAR Stock Assessment
(Closed Session). The Committee will discuss the timing and Terms of
Reference for the assessment.
2. The Committee will receive updates on SEDAR projects, discuss
future stock assessments for cobia, receive a SEDAR Steering Committee
update, and receive the results of the SSC review of the NOAA Fisheries
Assessment Priority Process.
Advisory Panel Selection Committee, Tuesday, June 14, 2016: 10 a.m.
Until 10:30 a.m.
1. The Committee will review options to allow fishing
representation on the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP) and the
Information and Education AP, and provide recommendations as
appropriate.
2. The Committee will discuss modifications to the current AP
application for SEDAR applicants and requirements for AP applicants
relative to email accounts and Internet access.
Joint Dolphin Wahoo and Snapper Grouper Committees, Tuesday, June 14,
2016, 10:30 a.m. Until 12 Noon
1. The Committee will receive status updates from NOAA Fisheries on
commercial and recreational catches versus annual catch limits (ACLs)
for dolphin and wahoo and amendments currently under Secretarial
review.
2. The Committee will receive an overview of Amendment 10 to the
Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (FMP)/Amendment 44 to the Snapper
Grouper FMP addressing allocations for dolphin and yellowtail snapper,
and provide direction to staff as appropriate.
Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday, June 14, 2016, 1:30 p.m. Until 5:30
p.m. and Wednesday, June 15, 2016; 8:30 a.m. Until 5:30 p.m.
1. The Committee will receive updates from NOAA Fisheries on the
status of commercial and recreational catches versus quotas for species
under ACLs, and the status of amendments currently under Secretarial
review.
2. The Committee will receive updates on fishery-independent
sampling programs and projects funded through Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant
Program.
3. The Committee will receive reports from the Snapper Grouper
Advisory Panel, the Scientific and Statistical Committee, and NOAA
Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center regarding red snapper
mortality for the 2015 and 2016 fishing season.
4. The Committee will receive an overview of Snapper Grouper
Amendment 37 addressing measures for hogfish, modify the document as
appropriate, and approve/disapprove all actions.
5. The Committee will review Snapper Grouper Amendment 41
addressing management measures for mutton snapper, modify the document
as appropriate, and approve for public hearings.
6. The Committee will receive an overview of management options for
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snapper to be addressed in Amendment 43, modify the document as
necessary, discuss and consider emergency action, and provide guidance
to staff.
7. The Committee will review management options to include in
Vision Blueprint Amendments, discuss and provide direction to staff.
8. The Committee will receive an overview of options for
establishing a Control Date and Limited Entry program for federal For-
Hire Permits in the Snapper Grouper, Coastal Migratory Pelagic, and
Dolphin Wahoo fisheries in the South Atlantic/Atlantic. The Committee
will discuss options and provide direction to staff.
Formal Public Comment, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, 5:30 p.m.--Public
comment will be accepted on items on the Council agenda. Comment will
be accepted first on items before the Council for approval for public
hearings: (1) Snapper Grouper Amendment 41 (mutton snapper) and (2)
Coastal Migratory Pelagics Framework Amendment 4 (Atlantic cobia). The
Council Chair, based on the number of individuals wishing to comment,
will determine the amount of time provided to each commenter.
Law Enforcement Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016, 8:30 a.m. Until
9:30 a.m. (Partially Closed Session)
1. The Committee will review nominees for Law Enforcement Officer
of the Year (Closed Session) and provide recommendations for Council
consideration.
2. The Committee will discuss items for the Joint Advisory Panel/
Committee meeting.
Spiny Lobster Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016, 9:30 a.m. Until 10:30
a.m.
1. The Committee will receive a report on spiny lobster landings,
receive a report from the joint meeting of the South Atlantic and Gulf
of Mexico Spiny Lobster Advisory Panels, review recommendations from
advisory panels and the Spiny Lobster Review Panel, and provide
guidance to staff.
2. The Committee will receive a report on the compliance of trap
prohibitions in Closed Areas in the Florida Keys, review specifications
from NOAA Fisheries for gear marking requirements for recreational
harvest of spiny lobster with traps outside of Florida, and provide
recommendations as appropriate.
Protected Resources Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016, 10:30 a.m.
Until 11:30 a.m.
1. The Committee will receive an update from NOAA Fisheries on
Protected Resources issues including the use of Turtle Excluder Devices
(TEDs) for skimmer trawls and a 12-month determination for Nassau
grouper. The Committee will also receive an update from the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Data Collection Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016, 1 p.m. Until 2:30
p.m.
1. The Committee will receive an update from NOAA Fisheries on the
status of work relative to Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 3
(CE-BA 3) addressing bycatch, discuss the amendment and provide
direction to staff.
2. The Committee will receive an update on the status of the
Implementation Plan for commercial logbook electronic reporting and the
NMFS pilot project, discuss and provide guidance to staff.
3. The Committee will also receive an overview of the Atlantic For-
Hire Reporting Amendment, discuss core variables, and modify the
document as appropriate.
4. The Committee will receive an update on the Council's Citizen
Science Program, discuss, and take action as appropriate.
Executive Finance Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016, 2:30 p.m. Until
3:30 p.m.
1. The Committee will review and approve the Calendar Year (CY)
2016 budget; review, modify, and approve the Council Follow-up and work
priorities; and provide recommendations as appropriate.
2. The Committee will receive a report from the Council
Coordinating Committee meeting, discuss standards and procedures for
participating in Council webinar meetings and for accepting public
comment, discuss the development of a Visioning Project for other
species managed by the Council, and take action as appropriate.
3. The Committee will discuss the use of Atlantic Coastal
Cooperative Statistical Program (ACCSP) data for developing FMP
amendments and ACCSP housing commercial logbook data and headboat data
and take action as appropriate.
King and Spanish Mackerel Committee, Thursday, June 16, 2016: 3:30 p.m.
Until 5:30 p.m.
1. The Committee will receive a report from NOAA Fisheries on the
recreational and commercial catches versus ACLs and the status of
amendments under review, and a report from the April 2016 Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting.
2. The Committee will receive updates on decisions relative to
Atlantic cobia by the states and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC), review public input, and take action as necessary.
3. The Committee will receive an overview of Framework Amendment 4
to the Coastal Migratory Pelagic FMP addressing management measures for
Atlantic cobia, review and approve actions and alternatives, modify the
document as needed, select preferred alternatives, and approve the
document for public hearings.
4. The Committee will review Framework Amendment 5 to the Coastal
Migratory Pelagic FMP that would remove current restrictions on
commercial king mackerel and Spanish mackerel permits that prohibit the
retention of bag limit king mackerel and Spanish mackerel on
recreational (non-commercial and non-charter/headboat) trips on
federally permitted vessels when commercial harvest is closed for the
Gulf of Mexico region. The Committee will consider a joint framework
amendment with the Gulf Council in order to apply the regulations to
the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Mid-Atlantic regions, and
provide recommendations as appropriate.
5. The Committee will receive an overview of options being
considered in Amendment 29 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagic FMP to
address allocations of Gulf migratory group king mackerel, discuss, and
take action as needed.
Council Session: Friday, June 17, 2016, 8:30 a.m. Until 1 p.m.
8:30-8:45 a.m.: Call the meeting to order, adopt the agenda, and
approve the March 2016 meeting minutes.
8:45-9:30 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the Snapper
Grouper Committee and approve/disapprove Snapper Grouper Amendment 41
(mutton snapper) for public hearings. The Council will consider other
Committee recommendations and take action as appropriate.
9:30-10 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the Mackerel
Committee, approve/disapprove Coastal Migratory Pelagics Framework
Amendment 4 (Atlantic cobia) for public hearings, consider other
Committee recommendations, and take action as appropriate.
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10 a.m.-10:10 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the
Spiny Lobster Committee, consider other Committee recommendations, and
take action as appropriate.
10:10-10:30 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the Joint
Dolphin Wahoo and Snapper Grouper Committees, consider recommendations,
and take action as appropriate.
10:30-10:40 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the
Protected Resources Committee, consider recommendations, and take
action as appropriate.
10:40-10:50 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the AP
Selection Committee, consider Committee recommendations, and take
action as appropriate.
10:50-11 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the SSC
Selection Committee, consider Committee recommendations, and take
action as appropriate.
11:10-11:10 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the SEDAR
Committee, consider committee recommendations, and take action as
appropriate.
11:10-11:20 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the Data
Collection Committee, consider committee recommendations, and take
action as appropriate.
11:20-11:25 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the
Habitat Committee, consider committee recommendations, and take action
as appropriate.
11:25-11:30 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the Law
Enforcement Committee, approve the recipient of the Law Enforcement
Officer of the Year award, consider other committee recommendations,
and take action as appropriate.
11:30-11:40 a.m.: The Council will receive a report from the
Executive Finance Committee, approve the Council CY 2016 budget,
approve the Council Follow-Up and Priorities, consider other Committee
recommendations, and take action as appropriate.
11:40-1 p.m.: The Council will receive status reports from NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and the Southeast Fisheries Science
Center; review and develop recommendations on Experimental Fishing
Permits as necessary; receive an update on the Marine Resources
Education Program--Southeast; receive agency and liaison reports; and
discuss other business and upcoming meetings.
Documents regarding these issues are available from the Council
office (see ADDRESSES).
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Action 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 Fishery Conservation and
Management 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 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: May 24, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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