83_FR_13179 83 FR 13120 - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meetings

83 FR 13120 - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council); Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 59 (March 27, 2018)

Page Range13120-13121
FR Document2018-06087

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.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018) 
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 27, 2018)]
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[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]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

13120 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 27, 2018 / Notices auxiliary aid should be directed to DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mackerel Cobia AP and Cobia Subpanel M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to any meeting date. National Oceanic and Atmospheric The Mackerel Cobia AP and Cobia Administration Sub-Panel will meet jointly. The AP and Dated: March 22, 2018. Cobia Sub-Panel will receive updates on Jeffrey N. Lonergan, RIN 0648–XG117 recent actions related to Coastal Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Migratory Pelagic (CMP) species Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. South Atlantic Fishery Management including: Framework Amendment 6 to [FR Doc. 2018–06088 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am] Council (Council); Public Meetings the CMP Fishery Management Plan for BILLING CODE 3510–22–P the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries (king mackerel trip limits), Amendment Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 31 to the CMP Fishery Management Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Plan (Atlantic cobia management), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric the Southeast, Data, Assessment and ACTION: Notice of meetings of the South Administration Review (SEDAR) 58 Stock Identification Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Workshop and Benchmark Assessment RIN 0648–XG111 advisory panels. for Atlantic cobia. The AP and Sub- Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South SUMMARY: The Council will hold Panel will also receive updates and Atlantic Fishery Management Council; meetings of the following advisory discuss management measures relative Public Meetings panels in April 2018: Snapper Grouper; to: Citizen science research needs, the Mackerel Cobia and Cobia Sub- United States Coast Guard (USCG) law AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries enforcement priorities, Spanish Panel; and Law Enforcement. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP mackerel gill net regulations, regulatory Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), meeting will take place April 11, 2018, reform for CMP species, and the Commerce. from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., April 12, from Southeast Area Monitoring and ACTION: Notice of meeting of the South 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., and April 13, from Assessment Program (SEAMAP) Coastal Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Trawl Survey. The AP and Sub-Panel 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. The Mackerel Cobia Personnel Committee (closed session). AP and Cobia Subpanel will meet April will provide recommendations as SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 16, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. appropriate. The AP and Sub-Panel will Management Council (Council) will and April 17, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until also complete Fishery Performance hold a meeting of its Personnel 1 p.m. The Law Enforcement AP will Reports for king mackerel and Spanish Committee in closed session to discuss meet on April 18, 2018, from 1:30 p.m. mackerel. personnel issues. until 5 p.m. and April 19, 2018, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. Law Enforcement AP DATES: The meeting will be held April 10, 2018, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. and ADDRESSES: Agenda items for the Law April 11, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 Meeting address: The meetings will be Enforcement AP meeting include the p.m. held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4831 following: Input on law enforcement Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, issues relative to a review of the ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The SC 29418. Wreckfish Individual Transferable meeting will be held at the Crown Plaza, Council address: South Atlantic Quota (ITQ) Program; discussion of 4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Fishery Management Council, 4055 penalties; shrimp regulations Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (843) Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, (recreational fishing and possession) in 744–4422. N Charleston, SC 29405. federal waters; USCG law enforcement FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim priorities; Spiny Lobster Amendment 13 Gregg Waugh, Executive Director, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8433 or toll Iverson, Public Information Officer, (bully nets and gear modifications); free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll Spanish mackerel gillnet mesh size 4520; email: Gregg.Waugh@safmc.net. free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– requirements; and updates on 4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. amendments under development, a SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council’s Personnel Committee will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: mobile app to assist enforcement of meet in closed session to discuss Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel reporting requirements, enforcement of personnel issues as they pertain to managed areas, and protected resources Council staff. Agenda items for the Snapper issues. Advisory panel members will Grouper AP include the following: A provide recommendations as Special Accommodations review of Regulatory Amendment 28 appropriate. This meeting is being held in closed (golden tilefish measures); a socio- session. economic profile of the commercial Special Accommodations snapper grouper fishery; development of Note: The times and sequence specified in These meetings are physically Fishery Performance Reports for red this agenda are subject to change. accessible to people with disabilities. porgy and greater amberjack; research Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. needs for the Council’s Citizen Science Requests for auxiliary aids should be amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES Program; U.S. Coast Guard living marine directed to the council office (see Dated: March 22, 2018. resources law enforcement priorities; ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the public Jeffrey N. Lonergan, and updates on amendments currently hearings. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable under development and stock Note: The times and sequence specified in Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. assessment schedules. Advisory panel this agenda are subject to change. [FR Doc. 2018–06086 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am] members will provide recommendations BILLING CODE 3510–22–P as appropriate. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 Mar 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27MRN1.SGM 27MRN1

Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 27, 2018 / Notices 13121 Dated: March 22, 2018. specifications and identify preliminary interpretation or other auxiliary aid Jeffrey N. Lonergan, preferred alternatives; approve range of should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 2019–21 river herring/shad cap (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. measures and identify preliminary the meeting date. [FR Doc. 2018–06087 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am] preferred alternatives; possible Dated: March 22, 2018. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P emergency action regarding squid Jeffrey N. Lonergan, trimester 2 closure. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Shortfin Mako Shark Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [FR Doc. 2018–06083 Filed 3–26–18; 8:45 am] Emergency interim final rule BILLING CODE 3510–22–P National Oceanic and Atmospheric measures and management options for Administration upcoming amendment RIN 0648–XG113 Wednesday, April 11, 2018 CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY Status of the Ecosystem Report COMMISSION Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings [Docket No. CPSC–2018–0006] Blueline Tilefish Specifications AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Develop and approve 2019–21 Draft Guidelines for Determining Age Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and blueline tilefish specifications. Appropriateness of Toys Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. Law Enforcement Report AGENCY: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Reports will be received from the Commission. ACTION: Notice of public meetings. NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery the U.S. Coast Guard. Management Council (Council) will The Consumer Product Safety SUMMARY: hold public meetings of the Council and Golden Tilefish Specifications Commission (Commission, or CPSC) is its Committees. announcing the availability of a draft Review SSC, Advisory Panel, document titled, ‘‘Guidelines for DATES: The meetings will be held Monitoring Committee, and staff Determining Age Appropriateness of Tuesday, April 10, 2018 through recommendations for 2019 Toys.’’ The Commission requests Thursday, April 12, 2018. For agenda specifications. comments on the draft document. details, see SUPPLEMENTARY Golden Tilefish Permit Issue DATES: Submit comments by June 11, INFORMATION. Discuss permit data and next steps. 2018. ADDRESSES: ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, Meeting address: The meeting will be Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass identified by Docket No. CPSC–2018– held at: The Montauk Yacht Club, 32 Mesh Selectivity Study 0006, by any of the following methods: Star Island Road, Montauk, NY 11954, Thursday, April 12, 2018 Electronic Submissions: Submit telephone: (631) 668–3100. electronic comments to the Federal Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Business Session eRulemaking Portal at: Management Council, 800 N State St., Committee Reports (Scientific and www.regulations.gov. Follow the Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: Statistical Committee); Executive instructions for submitting comments. (302) 674–2331. Director’s Report (Develop Comments The Commission does not accept FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments submitted by electronic mail for South-Atlantic For-Hire Electronic Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive Reporting Amendment); Organization (email), except through Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Reports; and, Liaison Reports. www.regulations.gov. The Commission Management Council; telephone: (302) encourages you to submit electronic 526–5255. The Council’s website, Continuing and New Business comments by using the Federal www.mafmc.org also has details on the Although non-emergency issues not eRulemaking Portal, as described above. meeting location, proposed agenda, contained in this agenda may come Written Submissions: Submit written webinar listen-in access, and briefing before this group for discussion, in submissions by mail/hand delivery/ materials. accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens courier to: Office of the Secretary, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fishery Conservation and Management Consumer Product Safety Commission, following items are on the agenda, Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those Room 820, 4330 East-West Highway, though agenda items may be addressed issues may not be the subject of formal Bethesda, MD 20814; telephone (301) out of order (changes will be noted on action during these meetings. Actions 504–7923. the Council’s website when possible.) will be restricted to those issues Instructions: All submissions received specifically identified in this notice and must include the agency name and Tuesday, April 10, 2018 docket number for this notice. All any issues arising after publication of Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee this notice that require emergency comments received may be posted Meeting as a Committee of the Whole action under Section 305(c) of the without change, including any personal Summary of SAW/SARC 64 Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the identifiers, contact information, or other public has been notified of the Council’s personal information provided, to: Atlantic Mackerel and Squid Issues amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES intent to take final action to address the www.regulations.gov. Do not submit Approve range of rebuilding emergency. confidential business information, trade alternatives and identify preliminary secret information, or other sensitive or preferred alternative (Framework Special Accommodations protected information that you do not Meeting 1); consider mackerel closure These meetings are physically want to be available to the public. If impacts on Atlantic herring fishery; accessible to people with disabilities. furnished at all, such information approve range of 2019–21 mackerel Requests for sign language should be submitted in writing. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:07 Mar 26, 2018 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\27MRN1.SGM 27MRN1


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ActionNotice of meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's advisory panels.
DatesThe 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.
ContactKim Iverson, Public Information Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 13120 
RIN Number0648-XG11
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