[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46487-46488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21465]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF719
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 a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC). See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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DATES: The SSC will meet Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from 1:30 p.m.
until 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 25, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30
p.m. and Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Town & Country Inn
and Suites, 2008 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (800) 334-
6660 or (843) 571-1000; fax: (843) 766-9444.
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, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520;
email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items will be discussed by the
SSC during the meeting:
1. Updates on 2016-17 landings, Annual Catch Limits (ACLs),
Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs), and Accountability Measures
(AMs).
2. Updates on recent Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
stock assessment program activities, the long-term assessment
scheduling approach, and Council future assessment priorities; approve
Terms of Reference, schedule, and identify participants for the Cobia
Stock Identification Workshop, Greater Amberjack, and Red Porgy
assessments; approve the revised Terms of Reference for SEDAR 55
assessment for Vermilion Snapper.
3. Discuss a NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center
(SEFSC) report on the feasibility of a Gray Triggerfish assessment.
4. Review updated Red Grouper projections and provide fishing level
recommendations.
5. Review the SEDAR 50 Blueline Tilefish assessment and provide
fishing level recommendations.
6. Review the revised Golden Tilefish assessment and provide
fishing level recommendations.
7. Discuss ABC Control Rule modifications.
8. Review Amendment 46 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management
Plan addressing red snapper and evaluate SEFSC Index Projection
methodology progress.
9. Review and comment on the Commercial and Recreational Snapper
Grouper Visioning Amendments.
10. Review the South Atlantic Ecosystem Model and provide
recommendations for future direction and utility of this tool.
11. Discuss the Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ)
Program Review.
12. Receive updates and progress reports on ongoing Council
amendments and activities including the Citizen Science Program.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during this meeting. 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 intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Written comment on SSC agenda topics is to be distributed to the
Committee through the Council office, similar to all other briefing
materials. Written comment to be considered by the SSC shall be
provided to the Council office no later than one week prior to an SSC
meeting. For this meeting, the deadline for submission of written
comment is 12 p.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2017.
Multiple opportunities for comment on agenda items will be provided
during SSC meetings. Open comment periods will be provided at the start
of the meeting and near the conclusion. Those interested in providing
comment should indicate such in the manner requested by the Chair, who
will then recognize individuals to provide comment. Additional
opportunities for comment on specific agenda items will be provided, as
each item is discussed, between initial presentations and SSC
discussion. Those interested in providing comment should indicate such
in the manner requested by the Chair, who will then recognize
individuals to provide comment. All comments are part of the record of
the meeting.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council 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 2, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-21465 Filed 10-4-17; 8:45 am]
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