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August 25–29, 2008; SEDAR 17
Assessment Workshop
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
August 25, 2008: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; August
26–28, 2008: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; August 29,
2008: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Using datasets provided by the Data
Workshop, participants will develop
population models to evaluate stock
status, estimate population benchmarks
and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria,
and project future conditions.
Participants will recommend the most
appropriate methods and configurations
for determining stock status and
estimating population parameters.
Participants will prepare a workshop
report, compare and contrast various
assessment approaches, and determine
whether the assessments are adequate
for submission to the review panel.
October 20–24, 2008; SEDAR 17 Review
Workshop
October 20, 2008: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.;
October 21–23, 2008: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.;
October 24, 2008: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
The Review Workshop is an
independent peer review of the
assessment developed during the Data
and Assessment Workshops. Workshop
Panelists will review the assessment
and document their comments and
recommendations in a Consensus
Summary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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 Council’s intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
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These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office
(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business
days prior to each workshop.
Dated: April 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of the SEDAR Steering
Committee meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet to discuss the
SEDAR schedule through 2014, consider
modifications to the SEDAR process,
and receive updates on recent
assessment activities. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Monday, May 5, 2008,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Marriott Frenchmen’s Reef, 5 Estate
Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI; telephone:
(340) 776–8500.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Carmichael, Science and Statistics
Program Manager, SEDAR/SAFMC;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils; in
conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; implemented the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks.
The SEDAR Steering Committee
provides oversight of the SEDAR
process, establishes assessment
priorities, and provides coordination
between assessment efforts and
management activities. The SEDAR
Steering Committee meets twice
annually.
During this meeting, the Steering
Committee will consider scheduling
benchmark assessments during 2009–14
and update assessments in 2009 and
2010. The Committee will also review
recent activities, receive a progress
report on staffing levels, and review the
SEDAR guidelines.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
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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 Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 3
weeks prior to the meeting.
Dated: April 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data,
Assessment, and Review (SEDAR);
king mackerel; Public Meeting;
Correction
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of change of location for
SEDAR Assessment Workshop for South
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico king
mackerel.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of
the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
stocks of king mackerel will consist of
a series of three workshops: a Data
Workshop, an Assessment Workshop,
and a Review Workshop. This is the
sixteenth SEDAR. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The Assessment Workshop will
take place May 5–9, 2008. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Assessment Workshop
will be held at the Doubletree Hotel
Coconut Grove, 2649 S. Bayshore Drive,
Miami, FL 33133; telephone: (305) 858–
2500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
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Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843)
571–4366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice published in the Federal
Register on January 14, 2008 (73 FR
2223). The original noticed stated that
the Assessment Workshop would be
held at the Grand Bay Hotel. The
location of that meeting has changed to
the address listed above (see
ADDRESSES).
May 5–9, 2008; SEDAR 16 Assessment
Workshop
May 5, 2008: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; May 6–8,
2008: 8 a.m - 8 p.m.; May 9, 2008: 8 a.m.
- 1 p.m.
All other previously-published
information remains unchanged.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least
10 business days prior to each
workshop.
Dated: April 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The SSC meeting will be
held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Boulevard, North
Charleston, SC 29418, telephone: (843)
308–9330.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843)
571–4366; e-mail:
Kim.Iverson@safmc.net.
ADDRESSES:
The
original noticed published in the
Federal Register on March 24, 2008 (73
FR 15488).
Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the
SSC is the body responsible for
reviewing the Council’s scientific
materials. The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council will hold a
meeting of its SSC to provide
orientation for new members appointed
in March 2008. Members will be briefed
on SAFMC operating procedures and
administrative issues, and discuss the
tasks and responsibilities of SSC
membership.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SSC Meeting Schedule:
April 29, 2008, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., April 30,
2008, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least
10 business days prior to the meeting.
RIN: 0648–XG55
Fisheries of the South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC); Public
Meeting; Correction
Dated: April 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of change of location for
the SAFMC Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) meeting.
AGENCY:
The meeting scheduled for
April 29–30, 2008 will be held at the
Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 International
Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418,
not at 4055 Faber Place Drive as
originally scheduled. The SAFMC will
hold a meeting of its SSC to orient new
members and introduce them to the
Council system. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The SSC meeting will be held
April 29–30, 2008.
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The AHGIFQAP meeting will
convene at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April
24, 2008 and conclude no later than 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Quorum Hotel, 700 N. Westshore
Blvd., Tampa, FL 33609; telephone:
(813) 289–8200.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Assane Diagne, Economist, telephone:
(813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) has scheduled a meeting of
the Ad Hoc Grouper IFQ Advisory Panel
to discuss the public hearing draft for
Amendment 29 to the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan. Reef Fish
Amendment 29 proposes to rationalize
effort and reduce overcapacity in the
commercial grouper and tilefish
fisheries in order to achieve and
maintain optimum yield (OY). Effort
management approaches considered in
this amendment include permit
endorsements and the implementation
of an Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
program.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
AHGIFQAP for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions of
the AHGIFQAP will be restricted to
those issues specifically identified in
the agenda and any issues arising after
publication of this notice that require
emergency action under Section 305(c)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided
the public has been notified of the
Council’s intent to take action to
address the emergency.
Copies of the agenda can be obtained
by calling (813) 348–1630.
RIN: 0648–XG88
Special Accommodations
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina
Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
public meeting of the Ad Hoc Grouper
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Advisory Panel (AHGIFQAP).
SUMMARY:
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Dated: March 31, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XE92
Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); king mackerel; Public Meeting;
Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of change of location for SEDAR Assessment Workshop for
South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico king mackerel.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
stocks of king mackerel will consist of a series of three workshops: a
Data Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, and a Review Workshop. This is
the sixteenth SEDAR. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The Assessment Workshop will take place May 5-9, 2008. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Assessment Workshop will be held at the Doubletree Hotel
Coconut Grove, 2649 S. Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33133; telephone:
(305) 858-2500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber
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Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843)
571-4366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal
Register on January 14, 2008 (73 FR 2223). The original noticed stated
that the Assessment Workshop would be held at the Grand Bay Hotel. The
location of that meeting has changed to the address listed above (see
ADDRESSES).
May 5-9, 2008; SEDAR 16 Assessment Workshop
May 5, 2008: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; May 6-8, 2008: 8 a.m - 8 p.m.; May 9,
2008: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
All other previously-published information remains unchanged.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10
business days prior to each workshop.
Dated: April 1, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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