[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 198 (Thursday, October 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70667-70668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-24677]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE946
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of its Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) and
Information and Education AP. The Snapper Grouper AP will meet to
discuss items pertaining to the management of the snapper grouper
fishery of the South Atlantic Region. A meeting of the Council's
Information and Education AP will follow with the AP addressing
outreach efforts and communication needs. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP meeting will be held on Monday, October
31, 2016 and Tuesday, November 1, 2016, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., each
day. The Information and Education AP meeting will be held Wednesday,
November 2, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Thursday, November 3,
2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418.
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, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571-4366 or
toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel will
receive an update on the status of amendments to the Snapper Grouper
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) recently approved by the Council and
submitted for Secretarial review, receive an update on Amendment 41,
(addressing management of mutton snapper), and the draft For-Hire
Electronic Reporting Amendment. In addition, the Panel will review and
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provide recommendations on actions proposed for inclusion in Amendment
43 (addressing red snapper), the Vision Blueprint Recreational
Amendment, the Vision Blueprint Commercial Amendment, and Amendment 44
(addressing yellowtail snapper allocations). Other discussion items
include possible implementation of limited-entry for the for-hire
sector; catch history and its association with gear endorsements in the
commercial sector; and updates on on-going projects/programs (SEDAR,
characterization of the commercial snapper grouper fishery, and Citizen
Science).
The Information and Education AP will review and provide
recommendations on the Council's Communication's Survey, approaches for
the Council's Managed Areas outreach, the upgrade to the Council's Web
site, and a possible online forum for stakeholder engagement. Other
discussion items include information related to proposed management
measures for red snapper and recreational reporting, evaluation of the
Council's 2016-20 Snapper Grouper Vision Blueprint, and ideas for
improving communication about fishery science and data collection.
Special Accommodations
The meetings are 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: October 6, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-24677 Filed 10-12-16; 8:45 am]
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