83 FR 49065 - South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 189 (September 28, 2018)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 189 (September 28, 2018)
| Page Range | 49065-49065 | |
| FR Document | 2018-21179 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 49065] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-21179] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XG497 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold meetings of its System Management Plan (SMP) Workgroup via webinar. DATES: The SMP Workgroup will meet via webinar from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on October 19, 2018 and from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on November 2, 2018. ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meetings will be held via webinar. The meetings are accessible to the public via webinar. Registration is required. Information regarding registration and other meeting information will be posted to the Council's website at: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/ as it becomes available. 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: The SMP Workgroup is an advisory group for the Council that reviews actions items, evaluates protected areas, and reviews management of protected areas recommended by the Council. The SMP Workgroup was formed in March 2018. These will be the first two meetings held to discuss the System Management Plan for the Spawning Special Management Zones (SMZs) created in Amendment 36 to Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region. Agenda items for the SMP Workgroup meetings include the following: Data collected in Spawning SMZs; outreach and enforcement, format for reports, and report card for the Spawning SMZs. The Workgroup will also elect a chair and vice-chair, assign writing tasks, and review materials developed for Spawning SMZs. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the public meeting. Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject to change. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: September 25, 2018. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018-21179 Filed 9-27-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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Blueprint for the Snapper Grouper FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim an Exempted Fishing Permit application
Fishery, input on Citizen Science Iverson, Public Information Officer, from the Coonamessett Farm
projects, fishery performance reports for SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll Foundation contains all of the required
Yellowtail Snapper and Golden Tilefish, free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– information and warrants further
recommendations on developing 4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. consideration. This Exempted Fishing
amendments to the Snapper Grouper SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SMP Permit would allow participating
Fishery Management Plan, and other Workgroup is an advisory group for the commercial fishing vessels to
issues as appropriate. The AP will Council that reviews actions items, temporarily possess undersized
develop recommendations as necessary evaluates protected areas, and reviews monkfish for biological sampling during
for consideration by the Council’s management of protected areas normal fishing operations in the
Snapper Grouper Committee. recommended by the Council. The SMP Southern Fishery Management Area.
Workgroup was formed in March 2018. Regulations under the Magnuson-
Special Accommodations
These will be the first two meetings Stevens Fishery Conservation and
These meetings are physically held to discuss the System Management Management Act require publication of
accessible to people with disabilities. Plan for the Spawning Special this notification to provide interested
Requests for auxiliary aids should be Management Zones (SMZs) created in parties the opportunity to comment on
directed to the Council office (see Amendment 36 to Fishery Management applications for proposed Exempted
ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the public Plan for the Snapper Grouper Fishery of Fishing Permits.
hearings. the South Atlantic Region. Agenda DATES: Comments must be received on
Note: The times and sequence specified in items for the SMP Workgroup meetings or before October 15, 2018.
this agenda are subject to change. include the following: Data collected in ADDRESSES: You may submit written
Spawning SMZs; outreach and comments by any of the following
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. enforcement, format for reports, and methods:
Dated: September 25, 2018. report card for the Spawning SMZs. The • Email: NMFS.GAR.EFP@noaa.gov.
Tracey L. Thompson, Workgroup will also elect a chair and Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable vice-chair, assign writing tasks, and on CFF 2018 Monkfish RSA EFP.’’
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. review materials developed for • Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
[FR Doc. 2018–21172 Filed 9–27–18; 8:45 am] Spawning SMZs. Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Special Accommodations Regional Office, 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the
These meetings are physically outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on
accessible to people with disabilities. CFF 2018 Monkfish RSA EFP.’’
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Requests for auxiliary aids should be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric directed to the Council office (see Cynthia Ferrio, Fishery Management
Administration ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the public
Specialist, 978–281–9180,
meeting. Cynthia.Ferrio@noaa.gov.
RIN 0648–XG497
Note: The times and sequence specified in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
South Atlantic Fishery Management this agenda are subject to change. Coonamessett Farm Foundation (CFF)
Council; Public Meetings Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. submitted a complete application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) on
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Dated: September 25, 2018. September 12, 2018, to conduct fishing
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Tracey L. Thompson, activities that the regulations would
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable otherwise restrict. The EFP would
Commerce. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. authorize 12 participating vessels to
ACTION: Notice of public meetings. [FR Doc. 2018–21179 Filed 9–27–18; 8:45 am] temporarily possess undersize monkfish
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P while biologically sampling all
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
monkfish caught during normal fishing
Management Council (Council) will
operations in the Southern Fishery
hold meetings of its System DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Management Area. This research is
Management Plan (SMP) Workgroup via
National Oceanic and Atmospheric designed to create a reproductive profile
webinar.
Administration for monkfish in the region. Sampling
DATES: The SMP Workgroup will meet would consist of recording the length,
via webinar from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on RIN 0648–XG494 total weight, gonad weight, liver weight,
October 19, 2018 and from 9 a.m. until and spleen color of each individual
11 a.m. on November 2, 2018. Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; sampled fish. Collection of gonad and
ADDRESSES: General Provisions for Domestic blood samples will also occur. Retention
Meeting address: The meetings will be Fisheries; Application for Exempted and sale of legal catch would be allowed
held via webinar. The meetings are Fishing Permits on these trips, but all undersized fish
accessible to the public via webinar. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries and otherwise prohibited catch will be
Registration is required. Information Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and returned to the sea as quickly as
regarding registration and other meeting Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), possible.
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
information will be posted to the Commerce. If approved, this research would be
Council’s website at: http://safmc.net/ ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
conducted opportunistically over the
safmc-meetings/ as it becomes available. course of 16 single-day commercial trips
Council address: South Atlantic SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional within the Southern Fishery
Fishery Management Council, 4055 Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries, Management Area for monkfish. All of
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has these 16 trips are expected to take place
Charleston, SC 29405. made a preliminary determination that in 2019 between January and June. All
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
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| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of public meetings. | |
| Dates | The SMP Workgroup will meet via webinar from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on October 19, 2018 and from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on November 2, 2018. | |
| Contact | Kim Iverson, Public Information Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected] | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 49065 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XG49 |
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