[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13120-13121]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06087]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG117
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council); Public
Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council's advisory panels.
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SUMMARY: The Council will hold meetings of the following advisory
panels in April 2018: Snapper Grouper; the Mackerel Cobia and Cobia
Sub-Panel; and Law Enforcement.
DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP meeting will take place April 11, 2018,
from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., April 12, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and April
13, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The Mackerel Cobia AP and Cobia Subpanel
will meet April 16, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. and April 17,
2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. The Law Enforcement AP will meet on
April 18, 2018, from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. and April 19, 2018, 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.
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:
Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel
Agenda items for the Snapper Grouper AP include the following: A
review of Regulatory Amendment 28 (golden tilefish measures); a socio-
economic profile of the commercial snapper grouper fishery; development
of Fishery Performance Reports for red porgy and greater amberjack;
research needs for the Council's Citizen Science Program; U.S. Coast
Guard living marine resources law enforcement priorities; and updates
on amendments currently under development and stock assessment
schedules. Advisory panel members will provide recommendations as
appropriate.
Mackerel Cobia AP and Cobia Subpanel
The Mackerel Cobia AP and Cobia Sub-Panel will meet jointly. The AP
and Cobia Sub-Panel will receive updates on recent actions related to
Coastal Migratory Pelagic (CMP) species including: Framework Amendment
6 to the CMP Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of Mexico and South
Atlantic (king mackerel trip limits), Amendment 31 to the CMP Fishery
Management Plan (Atlantic cobia management), and the Southeast, Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 58 Stock Identification Workshop and
Benchmark Assessment for Atlantic cobia. The AP and Sub-Panel will also
receive updates and discuss management measures relative to: Citizen
science research needs, United States Coast Guard (USCG) law
enforcement priorities, Spanish mackerel gill net regulations,
regulatory reform for CMP species, and the Southeast Area Monitoring
and Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Coastal Trawl Survey. The AP and Sub-
Panel will provide recommendations as appropriate. The AP and Sub-Panel
will also complete Fishery Performance Reports for king mackerel and
Spanish mackerel.
Law Enforcement AP
Agenda items for the Law Enforcement AP meeting include the
following: Input on law enforcement issues relative to a review of the
Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program; discussion of
penalties; shrimp regulations (recreational fishing and possession) in
federal waters; USCG law enforcement priorities; Spiny Lobster
Amendment 13 (bully nets and gear modifications); Spanish mackerel
gillnet mesh size requirements; and updates on amendments under
development, a mobile app to assist enforcement of reporting
requirements, enforcement of managed areas, and protected resources
issues. Advisory panel members will provide recommendations as
appropriate.
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 public hearings.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: March 22, 2018.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-06087 Filed 3-26-18; 8:45 am]
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