81 FR 32734 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Stock ID Work Group Meeting for Atlantic Blueline Tilefish (Caulolatilus microps)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 100 (May 24, 2016)

Page Range		32734-32735
FR Document		2016-12205

The SEDAR 50 assessment(s) of the Atlantic stock(s) of blueline tilefish will consist of a series of workshops and Webinars: Stock ID Work Group Meeting; Data Workshop; Assessment Workshop and Webinars; and a Review Workshop. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE641


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and 
Review (SEDAR); Stock ID Work Group Meeting for Atlantic Blueline 
Tilefish (Caulolatilus microps)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 50 Stock Identification (ID) Work Group Meeting 
for Atlantic blueline tilefish.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 50 assessment(s) of the Atlantic stock(s) of 
blueline tilefish will consist of a series of workshops and Webinars: 
Stock ID Work Group Meeting; Data Workshop; Assessment Workshop and 
Webinars; and a Review Workshop. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, and 
end at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The established times may be 
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of 
discussion relevant to the assessment process. Such adjustments may 
result in the meeting being extended from, or completed prior to the 
time established by this notice. Additional SEDAR 50 workshops and 
Webinar dates and times will publish in a subsequent issue in the 
Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh 
Brownstone, 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605; phone 919-828-
0811. The meeting will also be broadcast via Webinar so that members of 
the public can observe the meeting. Those interested in observing the 
meeting via Webinar should contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR to request an 
invitation providing Webinar access information. Please request Webinar 
invitations at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
    SEDAR address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; Web site: 
www.sedarweb.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 
571-4366; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 
Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the 
Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions, have implemented 
the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step 
method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast 
Region. SEDAR is a three-step process including: (1) Data Workshop; (2) 
Assessment Process utilizing Webinars; and (3) Review Workshop. The 
product of the Data Workshop is a data report which compiles and 
evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are 
appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Assessment 
Process is a stock assessment report which describes the fisheries, 
evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 
projects future population conditions, and recommends research and 
monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the 
Review Workshop. The product of the Review Workshop is a Summary 
documenting panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of 
the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops 
are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean 
Fishery Management Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional 
Office, Highly Migratory Species Management Division, and Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center. Participants include: data collectors and 
database managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and 
researchers; constituency representatives including fishermen, 
environmentalists, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); 
international experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state 
and federal agencies.
    The items of discussion at the Stock ID Work Group meeting are as 
follows:
    1. Participants will use review genetic studies, growth patterns, 
existing stock definitions, prior SEDAR stock ID recommendations, and 
any other relevant information on blueline tilefish stock structure.
    2. Participants will make recommendations on biological stock 
structure and define the unit stock or stocks to be addressed through 
this assessment.
    3. Participants will provide recommendations to address Council 
management jurisdictions, to support management of the stock or stocks, 
and specification of management benchmarks and fishing levels by

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Council jurisdiction in a manner consistent with the productivity 
measures of the stock.
    4. Participants will document work group discussion and 
recommendations through a Data Workshop working paper for SEDAR 50.
    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.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. Requests 
for auxiliary aids should be directed to the SAFMC at least ten (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: May 19, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-12205 Filed 5-23-16; 8:45 am]
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Agenda
the Double Tree by Hilton Baltimore— The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic,
BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing National Oceanic and Atmospheric
and Caribbean Fishery Management
Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090; Administration
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
telephone: (410) 859–8400. RIN 0648–XE641 Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
Management Council, 800 N. State Fisheries of the South Atlantic; have implemented the Southeast Data,
Southeast Data, Assessment, and Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
Review (SEDAR); Stock ID Work Group process, a multi-step method for
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Meeting for Atlantic Blueline Tilefish determining the status of fish stocks in
Web site at www.mafmc.org. (Caulolatilus microps) the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three-
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: step process including: (1) Data
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), utilizing Webinars; and (3) Review
Management Council, telephone: (302) Commerce. Workshop. The product of the Data
526–5255. ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 50 Stock Workshop is a data report which
Identification (ID) Work Group Meeting compiles and evaluates potential
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
for Atlantic blueline tilefish. datasets and recommends which
Council’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
datasets are appropriate for assessment
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will SUMMARY: The SEDAR 50 assessment(s) analyses. The product of the Assessment
meet jointly with the Atlantic States of the Atlantic stock(s) of blueline Process is a stock assessment report
Marine Fisheries Commission’s tilefish will consist of a series of which describes the fisheries, evaluates
(ASMFC’s) Summer Flounder, Scup, workshops and Webinars: Stock ID the status of the stock, estimates
and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel. The Work Group Meeting; Data Workshop; biological benchmarks, projects future
purpose of this meeting is to discuss Assessment Workshop and Webinars; population conditions, and recommends
recent performance of the commercial and a Review Workshop. For agenda research and monitoring needs. The
and recreational fisheries for summer details, see SUPPLEMENTARY assessment is independently peer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass, and INFORMATION. reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
develop annual Fishery Performance DATES: The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. product of the Review Workshop is a
Reports for these fisheries. The Council on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, and end at Summary documenting panel opinions
and the ASMFC will consider the 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The regarding the strengths and weaknesses
Fishery Performance Reports later in established times may be adjusted as of the stock assessment and input data.
2016 when reviewing previously necessary to accommodate the timely Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
implemented multi-year fishery completion of discussion relevant to the appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
specifications (i.e., catch and landings assessment process. Such adjustments Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
limits and management measures) for may result in the meeting being Management Councils and NOAA
2017. The AP will also discuss summer extended from, or completed prior to Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
flounder management alternatives under the time established by this notice. Highly Migratory Species Management
development for the Council and Additional SEDAR 50 workshops and Division, and Southeast Fisheries
ASMFC’s ongoing Comprehensive Webinar dates and times will publish in Science Center. Participants include:
Summer Flounder Amendment. a subsequent issue in the Federal data collectors and database managers;
Register. stock assessment scientists, biologists,
Special Accommodations and researchers; constituency
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
representatives including fishermen,
The meeting is physically accessible the Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh
environmentalists, and non-
to people with disabilities. Requests for Brownstone, 1707 Hillsborough Street,
governmental organizations (NGOs);
sign language interpretation or other aid Raleigh, NC 27605; phone 919–828–
international experts; and staff of
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 0811. The meeting will also be
Councils, Commissions, and state and
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to broadcast via Webinar so that members
federal agencies.
the meeting date. of the public can observe the meeting.
The items of discussion at the Stock
Those interested in observing the
Dated: May 19, 2016. ID Work Group meeting are as follows:
meeting via Webinar should contact 1. Participants will use review genetic
Tracey L. Thompson, Julia Byrd at SEDAR to request an studies, growth patterns, existing stock
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable invitation providing Webinar access definitions, prior SEDAR stock ID
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. information. Please request Webinar recommendations, and any other
[FR Doc. 2016–12206 Filed 5–23–16; 8:45 am] invitations at least 24 hours in advance relevant information on blueline tilefish
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
of the meeting. stock structure.
SEDAR address: South Atlantic
2. Participants will make
Fishery Management Council, 4055
recommendations on biological stock
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
structure and define the unit stock or
Charleston, SC 29405; Web site:
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www.sedarweb.org.
assessment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 3. Participants will provide
Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber recommendations to address Council
Place Drive, Suite 201, North management jurisdictions, to support
Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571– management of the stock or stocks, and
4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net. specification of management
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of SEDAR 50 Stock Identification (ID) Work Group Meeting for Atlantic blueline tilefish.
Dates		The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016, and end at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2016. The established times may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of discussion relevant to the assessment process. Such adjustments may result in the meeting being extended from, or completed prior to the time established by this notice. Additional SEDAR 50 workshops and Webinar dates and times will publish in a subsequent issue in the Federal Register.
Contact		Julia Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571-4366; email: [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 32734
RIN Number		0648-XE64

81 FR 32734 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Stock ID Work Group Meeting for Atlantic Blueline Tilefish (Caulolatilus microps)

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