82_FR_60619 82 FR 60376 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council-Public Meetings

82 FR 60376 - Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council-Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 243 (December 20, 2017)

Page Range60376-60376
FR Document2017-27352

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Advisory Panel Finance & Infrastructure Action Team via webinar. The meeting via webinar was originally scheduled for December 13, 2017, but has been rescheduled as a result of schedule changes.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 20, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 60376]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27352]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF828


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: Announcement of rescheduled meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Advisory Panel Finance & 
Infrastructure Action Team via webinar. The meeting via webinar was 
originally scheduled for December 13, 2017, but has been rescheduled as 
a result of schedule changes.

DATES: The meeting via webinar has been rescheduled for January 10, 
2018, at 1 p.m. The meeting is scheduled to last approximately 90 
minutes. Additional Action Team webinar and plenary webinar dates and 
times will publish in a subsequent issue in the Federal Register.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held via webinar and are open 
to members of the public. Webinar registration is required and 
registration links will be posted to the Citizen Science program page 
of the Council's website at www.safmc.net.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 
Program Manager, SAFMC; phone 843/302-8433 or toll free 866/SAFMC-10; 
FAX 843/769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to schedule changes, the Council's 
Finance & Infrastructure Action Team meeting is rescheduled for 
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at 1 p.m.
    The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) created a 
Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool in June 2017. The Council appointed 
members of the Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool to five Action Teams 
in the areas of Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/Topics 
Management, Finance, and Communication/Outreach/Education to develop 
program policies and operations for the Council's Citizen Science 
Program.
    The Finance & Infrastructure Action Team will meet to continue work 
on developing recommendations on program policies and operations to be 
reviewed by the Council's Citizen Science Committee. Public comments 
will be accepted at the beginning of the meeting.
    Items to be addressed during these meetings:
    1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms of Reference.
    2. Other Business.

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 meeting.

    Note:  The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: December 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-27352 Filed 12-19-17; 8:45 am]
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60376 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 20, 2017 / Notices File No. 19749–01: Issued to offshore of Maui County, HI. The FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clearwater Marine Aquarium amended LOC adds photogrammetry as Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science [Responsible Party is Frank Dame], 249 a research procedure. The LOC expires Program Manager, SAFMC; phone 843/ Windward Passage, Clearwater, FL June 1, 2018. 302–8433 or toll free 866/SAFMC–10; 33767 on March 27, 2017 to conduct In compliance with the National FAX 843/769–4520; email: vessel surveys, close approach, photo- Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 amber.vonharten@safmc.net. identification, behavioral observations, U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops determination has been made that the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Due to truncatus) to assess their home ranges, activities are categorically excluded schedule changes, the Council’s Finance distribution, population abundance, site from the requirement to prepare an & Infrastructure Action Team meeting is fidelity, and reproductive success, in environmental assessment or rescheduled for Wednesday, January 10, the estuarine and coastal waters of west environmental impact statement. 2018 at 1 p.m. central Florida. The amended LOC adds Dated: December 14, 2017. The South Atlantic Fishery 52 annual takes of Atlantic spotted Management Council (Council) created Julia Harrison, dolphins that are observed to co-occur a Citizen Science Advisory Panel Pool with the target species (bottlenose Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National in June 2017. The Council appointed dolphins). The LOC expires March 1, Marine Fisheries Service. members of the Citizen Science 2021. File No. 18101–01: Issued to Pacific [FR Doc. 2017–27362 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am] Advisory Panel Pool to five Action Whale Foundation [Principal BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Teams in the areas of Volunteers, Data Investigator is Greg Kaufman], 300 Management, Projects/Topics Ma’alaea Rd., Suite 211, Wailuku, HI Management, Finance, and 96793 on March 27, 2017. The original DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Communication/Outreach/Education to LOC authorized close approaches develop program policies and National Oceanic and Atmospheric during vessel line-transect surveys for operations for the Council’s Citizen Administration photo-identification, behavioral Science Program. observation, focal follows, and The Finance & Infrastructure Action underwater photography/videography of RIN 0648–XF828 Team will meet to continue work on several non-Endangered Species Act Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South developing recommendations on (ESA) listed odontocetes in the waters Atlantic Fishery Management program policies and operations to be offshore of Maui County, HI. The Council—Public Meetings reviewed by the Council’s Citizen amended LOC adds annual takes of non- ESA listed humpback whales, Science Committee. Public comments AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries (Megaptera novaeangliae, Hawaii Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and will be accepted at the beginning of the Distinct Population Segment), during Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), meeting. these surveys. Additionally, the Commerce. Items to be addressed during these amendment adds in-water activities ACTION: Announcement of rescheduled meetings: (pole-mounted cameras and up to two meeting. 1. Discuss work on tasks in the Terms swimmers) with humpback whales only of Reference. in order to identify the sex of humpback SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery whales. The LOC expires June 1, 2018. Management Council (Council) will 2. Other Business. File No. 21134: Issued to John H. hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Special Accommodations Schacke, Ph.D., George Dolphin Ecology Advisory Panel Finance & Infrastructure Program, 223 Trace Lane, Commerce, Action Team via webinar. 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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. and frequency of bottlenose dolphins within Georgia and to contribute to Additional Action Team webinar and Dated: December 14, 2017. shared bottlenose dolphin catalogs plenary webinar dates and times will Tracey L. Thompson, within the southeast Atlantic region. publish in a subsequent issue in the Federal Register. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable The LOC expires May 15, 2022. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. File No. 18101–02: Issued to Pacific ADDRESSES: [FR Doc. 2017–27352 Filed 12–19–17; 8:45 am] Whale Foundation [Principal Meeting address: The meetings will be BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Investigator is Greg Kaufman], 300 held via webinar and are open to Ma’alaea Rd., Suite 211, Wailuku, HI members of the public. Webinar 96793 on March 27, 2017. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionAnnouncement of rescheduled meeting.
DatesThe meeting via webinar has been rescheduled for January 10, 2018, at 1 p.m. The meeting is scheduled to last approximately 90 minutes. Additional Action Team webinar and plenary webinar dates and times will publish in a subsequent issue in the Federal Register.
ContactAmber Von Harten, Citizen Science Program Manager, SAFMC; phone 843/302-8433 or toll free 866/SAFMC-10; FAX 843/769-4520; email: [email protected]
FR Citation82 FR 60376 
RIN Number0648-XF82
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