80_FR_19352 80 FR 19283 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

80 FR 19283 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 69 (April 10, 2015)

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FR Document2015-08267

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the SSC Socio-Economic Panel. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-08267]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD838


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 (SAFMC) will 
hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and 
the SSC Socio-Economic Panel. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The SSC Socio-Economic Panel will meet from 8 a.m. until 12 noon 
on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The SSC will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 
p.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2015; from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, 
April 29, 2015; and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 30, 2015.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, 
4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: 
(800) 503-5762 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, 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: kim.iverson@safmc.net.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items will be discussed and 
considered by the SSC Socio-Economic Panel and the SSC during this 
meeting:

SSC Socio-Economic Panel Meeting--Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 8 a.m. Until 
12 Noon

    1. Regulatory Amendment 16 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) addressing modifications to the current seasonal 
closure and gear modifications for the black sea bass pot fishery
    2. Regulatory Amendment 23 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing 
management measures for the commercial golden tilefish fishery
    3. The SAFMC System Management Plan for Marine Protected Areas
    4. The SAFMC Vision Blueprint outlining a long-term plan for the 
snapper grouper fishery
    5. An update/overview of recent and developing SAFMC actions
    6. Administrative issues including term limits for SEP members and 
upcoming SEP meetings

SSC Meeting--Tuesday, April 28--Thursday, April 30, 2015

    1. Report from the SSC Socio-Economic Panel
    2. Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) calibration and 
transition efforts
    3. 2014 South Atlantic landings and Annual Catch Limits (ACLs)
    4. Spiny lobster review panel recommendations
    5. Southeast Reef Fish Survey update
    6. Geographic range of the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review 
(SEDAR) 32 blueline tilefish assessment
    7. SEDAR projects update, and recommendations addressing the SEDAR 
41 schedule (South Atlantic red snapper and gray triggerfish), red 
grouper Terms of Reference (TORs), and black grouper approach.
    8. Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) headboat data 
evaluation efforts and assessment program review
    9. Review assessment of mutton snapper and provide fishing level 
recommendations
    10. Right whale monitoring and biological opinion approach
    11. Regulatory Amendment 16 to the Snapper Grouper FMP
    12. Amendment 36 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing Spawning 
Special Management Zones
    13. National Marine Fisheries Service stock status determination 
process
    14. Revised hogfish stock projections
    15. Use of stock triggers or rumble strips
    16. Draft report of the SSC Acceptable Biological Catch Control 
Rule Workshop of October 2014
    17. 2015 National SSC Workshop
    18. National Standards revisions
    19. SAFMC Visioning Project and Blueprint
    20. Oculina Team Evaluation Report
    21. SAFMC annual research and monitoring plan
    22. Updates and progress reports on other ongoing FMPs and 
amendments.
    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 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 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, April 21, 2015. Two opportunities for 
comment on agenda items will be provided during SSC meetings and noted 
on the agenda. The first will be at the beginning of the meeting, and 
the second near the conclusion, when the SSC reviews its 
recommendations.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are accessible to people with disabilities. Requests 
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the SAFMC

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office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 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: April 7, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08267 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                  Administrative Protective Order                         to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 29,                    grouper Terms of Reference (TORs), and
                                                     This notice also serves as the only                  2015; and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.,                   black grouper approach.
                                                  reminder to parties subject to                          Thursday, April 30, 2015.                                8. Southeast Fisheries Science Center
                                                  administrative protective order (APO) of                ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at                (SEFSC) headboat data evaluation
                                                  their responsibility concerning the                     the Crowne Plaza Airport Hotel, 4831                  efforts and assessment program review
                                                  return or destruction of proprietary                    Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North                           9. Review assessment of mutton
                                                  information disclosed under APO in                      Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (800)                snapper and provide fishing level
                                                  accordance with 19 CFR 351.305.                         503–5762 or (843) 744–4422; fax: (843)                recommendations
                                                                                                          744–4472.                                                10. Right whale monitoring and
                                                  Timely notification of the return or
                                                                                                            Council address: South Atlantic                     biological opinion approach
                                                  destruction of APO materials or
                                                                                                          Fishery Management Council, 4055                         11. Regulatory Amendment 16 to the
                                                  conversion to judicial protective orders
                                                                                                          Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.                      Snapper Grouper FMP
                                                  is hereby requested. Failure to comply                                                                           12. Amendment 36 to the Snapper
                                                  with the regulations and terms of an                    Charleston, SC 29405.
                                                                                                                                                                Grouper FMP addressing Spawning
                                                  APO is a violation which is subject to                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
                                                                                                                                                                Special Management Zones
                                                  sanction.                                               Iverson, Public Information Officer,                     13. National Marine Fisheries Service
                                                     We are issuing and publishing the                    4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North              stock status determination process
                                                  results and notice in accordance with                   Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571–                  14. Revised hogfish stock projections
                                                  sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of               4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax:                  15. Use of stock triggers or rumble
                                                  the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.                             (843) 769–4520; email: kim.iverson@                   strips
                                                    Dated: March 31, 2015.                                safmc.net.                                               16. Draft report of the SSC Acceptable
                                                  Paul Piquado,                                           SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    The                     Biological Catch Control Rule Workshop
                                                  Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and                 following items will be discussed and                 of October 2014
                                                  Compliance.                                             considered by the SSC Socio-Economic                     17. 2015 National SSC Workshop
                                                                                                          Panel and the SSC during this meeting:                   18. National Standards revisions
                                                  Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in                                                                             19. SAFMC Visioning Project and
                                                  the Issues and Decision Memorandum                      SSC Socio-Economic Panel Meeting—                     Blueprint
                                                  1. Summary
                                                                                                          Tuesday, April 28, 2015, 8 a.m. Until 12                 20. Oculina Team Evaluation Report
                                                  2. Background                                           Noon                                                     21. SAFMC annual research and
                                                  3. Scope of the Order                                      1. Regulatory Amendment 16 to the                  monitoring plan
                                                  4. History of the Order                                 Snapper Grouper Fishery Management                       22. Updates and progress reports on
                                                  5. Discussion of the Issues                             Plan (FMP) addressing modifications to                other ongoing FMPs and amendments.
                                                     a. Likelihood of Continuation or                                                                              Although non-emergency issues not
                                                                                                          the current seasonal closure and gear
                                                        Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy                                                                 contained in this agenda may come
                                                     b. Net Countervailable Subsidy Likely To             modifications for the black sea bass pot
                                                        Prevail                                           fishery                                               before this group for discussion, those
                                                  6. Nature of the Subsidies                                 2. Regulatory Amendment 23 to the                  issues may not be the subject of formal
                                                  7. Final Results of Sunset Review                       Snapper Grouper FMP addressing                        action during these meetings. Action
                                                  8. Recommendation                                       management measures for the                           will be restricted to those issues
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–07979 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]              commercial golden tilefish fishery                    specifically identified in this notice and
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                                                                                                             3. The SAFMC System Management                     any issues arising after publication of
                                                                                                          Plan for Marine Protected Areas                       this notice that require emergency
                                                                                                             4. The SAFMC Vision Blueprint                      action under section 305(c) of the
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  outlining a long-term plan for the                    Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
                                                                                                          snapper grouper fishery                               Conservation and Management Act,
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                           5. An update/overview of recent and                provided the public has been notified of
                                                  Administration                                          developing SAFMC actions                              the intent to take final action to address
                                                                                                             6. Administrative issues including                 the emergency.
                                                  RIN 0648–XD838
                                                                                                          term limits for SEP members and                          Written comment on SSC agenda
                                                  Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South                  upcoming SEP meetings                                 topics is to be distributed to the
                                                  Atlantic Fishery Management Council;                                                                          Committee through the Council office,
                                                                                                          SSC Meeting—Tuesday, April 28—                        similar to all other briefing materials.
                                                  Public Meetings                                         Thursday, April 30, 2015                              Written comment to be considered by
                                                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                         1. Report from the SSC Socio-                      the SSC shall be provided to the Council
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                    Economic Panel                                        office no later than one week prior to an
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),                         2. Marine Recreational Information                 SSC meeting. For this meeting, the
                                                  Commerce.                                               Program (MRIP) calibration and                        deadline for submission of written
                                                  ACTION: Notice of public meetings.                      transition efforts                                    comment is 12 p.m. Tuesday, April 21,
                                                                                                             3. 2014 South Atlantic landings and                2015. Two opportunities for comment
                                                  SUMMARY:    The South Atlantic Fishery                  Annual Catch Limits (ACLs)                            on agenda items will be provided during
                                                  Management Council (SAFMC) will                            4. Spiny lobster review panel                      SSC meetings and noted on the agenda.
                                                  hold a meeting of its Scientific and                    recommendations                                       The first will be at the beginning of the
                                                  Statistical Committee (SSC) and the SSC
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                                                                                                             5. Southeast Reef Fish Survey update               meeting, and the second near the
                                                  Socio-Economic Panel. See                                  6. Geographic range of the Southeast               conclusion, when the SSC reviews its
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.                              Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR)                   recommendations.
                                                  DATES: The SSC Socio-Economic Panel                     32 blueline tilefish assessment
                                                  will meet from 8 a.m. until 12 noon on                     7. SEDAR projects update, and                      Special Accommodations
                                                  Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The SSC will                   recommendations addressing the                          The meetings are accessible to people
                                                  meet from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,                       SEDAR 41 schedule (South Atlantic red                 with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
                                                  Tuesday, April 28, 2015; from 8:30 a.m.                 snapper and gray triggerfish), red                    aids should be directed to the SAFMC


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                                                  office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10                      Advisory Subpanel will also participate               Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090;
                                                  business days prior to the meeting.                     in the review, as advisers.                           telephone: (410) 859–8060.
                                                    Note: The times and sequence specified in                Although non-emergency issues not                     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
                                                  this agenda are subject to change.                      contained in this agenda may come                     Management Council, 800 N. State St.,
                                                                                                          before this group for discussion, in                  Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:
                                                     Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.                    accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
                                                                                                                                                                (302) 674–2331.
                                                    Dated: April 7, 2015.                                 Fishery Conservation and Management
                                                  Tracey L. Thompson,                                     Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those                     FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                                                                          issues may not be the subject of formal               Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive
                                                  Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.           action during this meeting. Actions will              Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
                                                  [FR Doc. 2015–08267 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          be restricted to those issues specifically            Management Council; telephone: (302)
                                                                                                          identified in this notice and any issues              526–5255. The Council’s Web site,
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                                                                                                          arising after publication of this notice              www.mafmc.org also has details on the
                                                                                                          that require emergency action under                   meeting location, proposed agenda, and
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                  Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens                briefing materials.
                                                                                                          Act, provided the public has been
                                                  National Oceanic and Atmospheric                        notified of the Council’s intent to take              SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     This
                                                  Administration                                          final action to address the emergency.                workshop will address spatial options
                                                                                                                                                                for discrete coral protection zones
                                                                                                          Special Accommodations                                proposed under the Council’s Deep Sea
                                                  RIN 0648–XD890
                                                                                                            This meeting is physically accessible               Corals Amendment to the Mackerel,
                                                  Pacific Fishery Management Council;                     to people with disabilities. Requests for             Squid, and Butterfish Fishery
                                                  Public Meeting                                          sign language interpretation or other                 Management Plan. The Council is
                                                                                                          auxiliary aids should be directed to Mr.              developing this amendment to address
                                                  AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries                      Dale Sweetnam, (858) 546–7170, at least
                                                  Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and                                                                          the potential impacts of fishing activity
                                                                                                          5 days prior to the meeting date.                     on deep sea corals in the Mid-Atlantic.
                                                  Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                  Commerce.                                                 Dated: April 6, 2015.                               The Council will solicit the input of the
                                                  ACTION: Notice of public meetings.                      Tracey L. Thompson,                                   Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
                                                                                                          Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable         Advisory Panel, the Ecosystems and
                                                  SUMMARY:   The Pacific Fishery                          Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.         Ocean Planning Advisory Panel,
                                                  Management Council (Pacific Council)                    [FR Doc. 2015–08172 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]            members of the Fishery Management
                                                  will convene a Stock Assessment                         BILLING CODE 3510–22–P                                Action Team (FMAT), additional deep
                                                  Review (STAR) Panel meeting to review                                                                         sea coral experts, and additional fishing
                                                  the Pacific mackerel stock assessment.                                                                        industry participants in order to refine
                                                  DATES: The STAR Panel meeting will be                   DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                                the current proposed boundaries and
                                                  held Monday, April 27 through                                                                                 review alternative boundary proposals.
                                                                                                          National Oceanic and Atmospheric
                                                  Wednesday, April 29, 2015. That                                                                                  The workshop will consist of a half-
                                                                                                          Administration
                                                  meeting will begin the first day at 9 a.m.                                                                    day meeting on Wednesday, April 29,
                                                  and at 8 a.m. each subsequent day. The                                                                        from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and continue on
                                                  meeting will conclude each day at 5                     RIN 0648–XD863
                                                                                                                                                                Thursday, April 30, from 9 a.m. to 3
                                                  p.m. or when business for the day has
                                                                                                          Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management                       p.m. Prior to the meeting, a detailed
                                                  been completed.
                                                                                                          Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings                      agenda and briefing materials will be
                                                  ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held                                                                          posted on the Council’s Web site at:
                                                  in the Pacific Conference Room of the                   AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries
                                                                                                                                                                http://www.mafmc.org/. Background
                                                  NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science                        Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
                                                                                                                                                                information and documents for the
                                                  Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La                    Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
                                                                                                          Commerce.                                             amendment can be found at: http://
                                                  Jolla, CA 92037–1508.
                                                                                                                                                                www.mafmc.org/actions/msb/am16.
                                                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                        ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
                                                  Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:                                                                      Special Accommodations
                                                  (503) 820–2409.                                         SUMMARY:   The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
                                                                                                          Management Council (Council) will                       These meetings are physically
                                                  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
                                                                                                          hold a workshop in conjunction with a                 accessible to people with disabilities.
                                                  primary purpose of the meeting is to                    joint meeting of the Council’s Mackerel,              Requests for sign language
                                                  review a full stock assessment for                      Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel                  interpretation or other auxiliary aid
                                                  Pacific mackerel. The review panel will                 and Ecosystems and Ocean Planning
                                                  consist of two members of the Council’s                                                                       should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
                                                                                                          Advisory Panel. The purpose of the                    (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
                                                  Scientific and Statistical Committee’s                  workshop is to refine spatial alternatives
                                                  Subcommittee on Coastal Pelagic                                                                               the meeting date.
                                                                                                          for deep sea coral protection zones for
                                                  Species, plus two independent experts.                  inclusion the Council’s Deep Sea Corals                 Dated: April 7, 2015.
                                                  The Council will use the 2015                           Amendment.                                            Tracey L. Thompson,
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                                                  assessment to establish Pacific mackerel                                                                      Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
                                                                                                          DATES: The meeting will be held on
                                                  fishery management measures and                                                                               Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
                                                  harvest specifications for both the 2015–               Wednesday, April 29, 2015 through
                                                                                                          Thursday, April 30, 2015. For agenda                  [FR Doc. 2015–08268 Filed 4–9–15; 8:45 am]
                                                  16 and the 2016–17 fishing years. The
                                                  Pacific mackerel fishing year begins July               details, see SUPPLEMENTARY                            BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
                                                                                                          INFORMATION.
                                                  1 and ends the following June 30 each
                                                  year. Representatives of the Council’s                  ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at:
                                                  CPS Management Team and the CPS                         Doubletree by Hilton BWI, 890 Elkridge


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of public meetings.
DatesThe SSC Socio-Economic Panel will meet from 8 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. The SSC will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 28, 2015; from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 29, 2015; and from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 30, 2015.
ContactKim 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]
FR Citation80 FR 19283 
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