Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 14482-14483 [2014-05641]
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Enforcement Consultants—3 p.m.
Chair’s Reception—6 p.m.
Day 4—Sunday, April 6, 2014
California State Delegation—7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation—7 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants—As Needed
Day 5—Monday, April 7, 2014
California State Delegation—7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation—7 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory
Subpanel—8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management
Team—8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m.
Lower Columbia Natural Coho
Workgroup—8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants—As Needed
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
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Carolyn Porter at
(503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: March 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Day 6—Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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California State Delegation—7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation—7 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory
Subpanel—8 a.m.
Coastal Pelagic Species Management
Team—8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel—1 p.m.
Enforcement Consultants—As Needed
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
Day 7—Wednesday, April 9, 2014
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (SAFMC) will
hold the AP meetings in North
Charleston, SC.
DATES: The meetings will be held from
1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 until
12 noon on Friday, April 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be
held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4831
Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston,
SC 29418; phone: (877) 227–6963 or
(843) 744–4422; fax: (843) 744–4472.
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: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
of discussion in the individual meeting
agendas are as follows:
SUMMARY:
California State Delegation—7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation—7 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Groundfish Management Team 8—a.m.
Salmon Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Salmon Technical Team—8 a.m.
Enforcement Consultants—As Needed
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Day 8—Thursday, April 10, 2014
California State Delegation—7 a.m.
Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m.
Washington State Delegation—7 a.m.
Ecosystem Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal
Council action during this meeting.
Council action will be restricted to those
issues specifically listed in this notice
and any issues arising after publication
of this notice that require emergency
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council’s Habitat
& Environmental Protection Advisory
Panel (AP); King & Spanish Mackerel
AP; and Snapper Grouper AP.
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Habitat & Environmental Protection AP
Agenda, 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1,
2014 until 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 3,
2014
1. Update and develop Council
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) policy
statements.
2. Receive updates on regional habitat
and ecosystem characterization and
modeling efforts.
3. Receive updates and provide input
on regional ecosystem partner
conservation efforts (e.g., South Atlantic
Landscape Conservation Cooperative’s
Draft Conservation Blueprint).
4. Discuss development of the
Council’s Fishery Ecosystem Plan II,
updates to EFH, and proposed new
sections addressing forage fish/prey
predator interactions, climate and
fisheries and fishery oceanography.
5. Discuss updates to the Council’s
Fishery Ecosystem Plan.
6. Provide recommendations to the
Council for consideration.
King & Spanish Mackerel AP Agenda,
1 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2014 until
12 noon on Tuesday, April 8, 2014
1. Approve minutes from the April
2013 Mackerel AP Meeting.
2. Receive an update on the progress
of Southeast Data, Assessment & Review
(SEDAR) 38 (Gulf and South Atlantic
King Mackerel). Discuss project and
provide recommendations.
3. Receive an overview of the
following amendments: Coastal
Migratory Pelagics (CMP) Joint
Amendment 24 (allocations); and CMP
Joint Amendment 26 (separate
commercial permits). Discuss
amendments and provide
recommendations.
Snapper Grouper AP Agenda, 1:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 until 12 noon
on Friday, April 11, 2014
1. Review and provide
recommendations on the following
amendments: Regulatory Amendment
16 (removal of the Black Sea Bass pot
closure); Amendment 22 (tags to track
harvest); Amendment 29 (Only Reliable
Catch Stocks, ORCS, and Gray
Triggerfish management measures);
Amendment 32 (Blueline Tilefish
Annual Catch Limits, ACLs, and
management measures); Regulatory
Amendment 20 (Snowy Grouper);
Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 7/Snapper
Grouper Amendment 33 (transport of
fillets); Regulatory Amendment 17
(Marine Protected Areas, MPAs); and
the Generic Accountability Measures/
Dolphin Allocation Amendment.
2. Receive presentations on MPAs and
provide recommendations to the
Council.
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3. Receive a report on the Oculina
Experimental Closed Area Evaluation.
4. Receive an update on Visioning
activities.
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 Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
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: March 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Groundfish Advisory Panel and its
Groundfish Oversight Committee to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from these
groups will be brought to the full
Council for formal consideration and
action, if appropriate.
DATES: These meetings will be held on
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 10 a.m. and
Friday, April 4, 2014 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be
held at the Sheraton Colonial, One
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phone: (781) 245–9300; fax: (781) 245–
0842.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
action during these meetings. Action
will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Beginning at 10
a.m.—Groundfish Advisory Panel
(GAP)
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies,
Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
The Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP)
will meet to discuss draft alternatives
for consideration in Amendment 18
(A18), an amendment to address fleet
diversity and accumulation limits in the
commercial groundfish fishery; and
develop recommendations to the
Groundfish Oversight Committee (OSC)
on the A18 draft alternatives. They will
also discuss draft alternatives for
Framework Adjustment 52 (FW 52), a
narrow and focused framework to revise
commercial groundfish fishery
accountability measures for Southern
windowpane flounder and Northern
windowpane flounder stocks; and
develop recommendations to the
Groundfish OSC on the FW 52 draft
alternatives. They will receive an
update from the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center on progress for the
empirical benchmark assessment for
Georges Bank yellowtail flounder. Other
business may be discussed.
Friday, April 4, 2014 Beginning at 9
a.m.—Groundfish Oversight Committee
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The Groundfish Oversight Committee
(OSC) will meet to discuss draft
alternatives for consideration in A18;
review work from the Groundfish Plan
Development Team (PDT) related to
A18; review GAP recommendations on
the A18 draft alternatives; and develop
recommendations to the Council on the
A18 alternatives to include in the DEIS
for analysis. They will also discuss draft
alternatives for consideration in FW 52;
review work from the PDT related to FW
52; review GAP recommendations on
the FW 52 draft alternatives; and
develop recommendations to the
Council on the FW 52 alternatives to
include in the DEA for analysis. This
meeting may be considered the first
framework adjustment meeting for this
action but this determination is
currently under review. Other business
may be discussed as necessary.
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
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Meeting of the Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species Advisory Panel
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting and
webinar/conference call.
AGENCY:
NMFS will hold a 2-day
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
(HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in
April 2014. The intent of the meeting is
to consider options for the conservation
and management of Atlantic HMS. The
meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The AP meeting and webinar
will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
on Thursday, April 3; and from 8:30
a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4,
2014.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Hotel, 8777 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The
meeting presentations will also be
available via WebEx webinar/conference
call. On Thursday April 3, 2014, the
conference call information is phone
number 650–479–3207; participant
access code 996 262 930; and the
webinar event address is: https://
ADDRESSES:
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD169
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's
Habitat & Environmental Protection Advisory Panel (AP); King & Spanish
Mackerel AP; and Snapper Grouper AP.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will
hold the AP meetings in North Charleston, SC.
DATES: The meetings will be held from 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2014
until 12 noon on Friday, April 11, 2014.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza
Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone:
(877) 227-6963 or (843) 744-4422; fax: (843) 744-4472.
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: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the individual
meeting agendas are as follows:
Habitat & Environmental Protection AP Agenda, 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April
1, 2014 until 1 p.m. on Thursday, April 3, 2014
1. Update and develop Council Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) policy
statements.
2. Receive updates on regional habitat and ecosystem
characterization and modeling efforts.
3. Receive updates and provide input on regional ecosystem partner
conservation efforts (e.g., South Atlantic Landscape Conservation
Cooperative's Draft Conservation Blueprint).
4. Discuss development of the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan II,
updates to EFH, and proposed new sections addressing forage fish/prey
predator interactions, climate and fisheries and fishery oceanography.
5. Discuss updates to the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan.
6. Provide recommendations to the Council for consideration.
King & Spanish Mackerel AP Agenda, 1 p.m. on Monday, April 7, 2014
until 12 noon on Tuesday, April 8, 2014
1. Approve minutes from the April 2013 Mackerel AP Meeting.
2. Receive an update on the progress of Southeast Data, Assessment
& Review (SEDAR) 38 (Gulf and South Atlantic King Mackerel). Discuss
project and provide recommendations.
3. Receive an overview of the following amendments: Coastal
Migratory Pelagics (CMP) Joint Amendment 24 (allocations); and CMP
Joint Amendment 26 (separate commercial permits). Discuss amendments
and provide recommendations.
Snapper Grouper AP Agenda, 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 until 12
noon on Friday, April 11, 2014
1. Review and provide recommendations on the following amendments:
Regulatory Amendment 16 (removal of the Black Sea Bass pot closure);
Amendment 22 (tags to track harvest); Amendment 29 (Only Reliable Catch
Stocks, ORCS, and Gray Triggerfish management measures); Amendment 32
(Blueline Tilefish Annual Catch Limits, ACLs, and management measures);
Regulatory Amendment 20 (Snowy Grouper); Dolphin Wahoo Amendment 7/
Snapper Grouper Amendment 33 (transport of fillets); Regulatory
Amendment 17 (Marine Protected Areas, MPAs); and the Generic
Accountability Measures/Dolphin Allocation Amendment.
2. Receive presentations on MPAs and provide recommendations to the
Council.
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3. Receive a report on the Oculina Experimental Closed Area
Evaluation.
4. Receive an update on Visioning activities.
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 Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
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: March 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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