South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, 913-914 [2016-142]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2016 / Notices asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Fisheries Commission and the U.S Coast Guard. Following these reports, the Council will receive an update on plans for a February sea scallop workshop being held to explore concerns about inshore scallop fishing in the Northeast. Next, the public will have an opportunity to make brief comments on items that are relevant to Council business but otherwise not listed on the published agenda. Following a lunch break, the Council’s Risk Policy Working Group will provide an update on finalizing what is being termed a ‘‘roadmap’’ that contains guidance on the implementation of the NEFMC’s recently approved risk policy. The Atlantic Herring Committee will then provide a briefing on the following: (a) The development of Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP), an action that will the focus on long-term harvest strategies for Atlantic herring, including an acceptable biological catch control rule that explicitly accounts for herring’s role in the ecosystem, and the issue of localized depletion; (b) revising the Georges Bank haddock catch cap accountability measure through a framework adjustment to the Herring FMP; and (c) the use of portside data in river herring/shad catch cap monitoring. Wednesday, January 27, 2016 The second day of the meeting will begin with an overview to be provided by NOAA Fisheries on its Fishery Dependent Data Project, to be followed by a Council and public comments on the topic. The Observer Policy Committee will report on its development of an Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment (IFM). At this meeting, the committee will review a draft environmental assessment and select preferred alternatives for the omnibus elements of the action for purposes of public review. They include: Standard cost responsibilities, framework provisions for IFM programs, service provider requirements, a prioritization process to allocate federal funding, and a monitoring set-aside option. The Council is expected to select preferred alternatives for the herring and mackerel alternatives in this draft amendment at its April 2016 meeting. After a lunch break, the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will present its recommendations, if any, for a revised overfishing limit and an acceptable biological catch for witch flounder for fishing years 2016–18. The Council will receive an update on additional topics discussed by the SSC at their January 20 meeting, as VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:40 Jan 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 appropriate. During the Groundfish Committee’s report, the Council expects to take final action on the 2016–18 fishery specifications for witch flounder and receive an update on the development of measures to address its the 2016 groundfish priorities. These include potential changes to the at-sea monitoring program and the management process for recreational fishing. The day will conclude with a review of NOAA’s Draft Catch Share Guidance document and approval of NEFMC comments on the draft. Thursday, January 28, 2015 The final meeting day will begin with an overview of the Northeast Regional Planning Body’s (RPB) Regional Ocean Plan, followed by Council discussion of the plan and other work products developed by the RPB. The Small Mesh Multispecies Committee will present an overview of the scoping comments received for Amendment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP and ask for approval of the range of issues to be addressed in the action. The major topic under consideration is the development of a limited access program for the small mesh fishery, which is comprised of whiting (silver and offshore hake) and red hake. The Council also will consider Northeast Regional Coordinating Council-recommended changes to the Stock Assessment Workshop/Stock Assessment Review Committee process. The Council meeting will adjourn after its members address any other outstanding Council business. Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal 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 action under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that 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 Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 913 Dated: January 5, 2016. Jeffrey N. Lonergan, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016–141 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XE387 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Public Hearings/ Scoping and Advisory Panel Meeting. AGENCY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will hold a series of public hearings/scoping meetings pertaining to Amendments 41 and 37 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the South Atlantic, and Atlantic Generic Charterboat/Headboat Reporting Amendment, and Amendment 26 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagic (mackerel) Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. Scoping comments will be accepted for Snapper Grouper Amendment 41 addressing management measures for mutton snapper. Public Hearings will be held for Snapper Grouper Amendment 37 pertaining to management measures for hogfish, the Atlantic Charterboat/ Headboat Reporting Amendment, and Mackerel Amendment 26 addressing management measures for king mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. Note that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will solicit public input on mutton snapper management measures for Florida State waters during selected public hearing/scoping meetings held in Florida (see DATES and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). The Council will also hold a meeting of its Mackerel Advisory Panel in conjunction with the public hearing/scoping meeting scheduled in Cocoa Beach, FL. DATES: The series of public hearings/ scoping meetings will be held from January 25–February 8, 2016. The public hearing/scoping meetings will be held from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the exception of the public hearing/scoping meeting in Morehead City that will begin at 5 p.m. and a public hearing via webinar that will begin at 6 p.m. The meeting of the Mackerel Advisory Panel SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1 914 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 5 / Friday, January 8, 2016 / Notices will be held from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. on February 3, 2016 in Cocoa Beach, FL. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Registration is required for the public hearing/scoping meeting via webinar. Registration information will be posted on the SAFMC Web site at www.safmc.net as it becomes available. ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific meeting locations. 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 public hearing/scoping meetings will be held on the following dates and locations: asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 1. January 25, 2016—Richmond Hill City Center, 520 Cedar Street, Richmond Hill, GA 31324; phone: (912) 445–0043. 2. January 26, 2016—Hilton Garden Inn Charleston Airport, 5265 International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: (843) 308–9330. 3. January 27, 2016—Murrells Inlet Community Center, 4450 Murrells Inlet Road, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576; phone: (843) 651– 7373. 4. January 28, 2016—NC Division of Marine Fisheries, Central District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City, NC 28557; phone: (252) 726–7021. 5. February 1, 2016—Hilton Garden Inn, 180 SW 18th Avenue, Dania Beach, FL 33004; phone: (954) 924–9204. This hearing will be held in conjunction with FWC. 6. February 2, 2016—Hawks Cay Resort, 61 Hawks Cay Blvd., Duck Key, FL 33050; phone: (305) 743–7000. This hearing will be held in conjunction with FWC. 7. February 3, 2016—Marriott Beachside Hotel, 3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd., Key West, FL 33040; phone: (305) 296–8100. This hearing will be held in conjunction with FWC. 8. February 3, 2016—International Palms Resort & Conference Center, 1300 North A1A, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; phone: (321) 783– 2271. A meeting of the Council’s King and Spanish Mackerel Advisory Panel will be held in conjunction with this public hearing. 9. February 8, 2016—Public hearings via webinar beginning at 6 p.m. for the Atlantic Charter/For-Hire Reporting Amendment and Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26. The Council is soliciting public scoping comments on proposed measures in Amendment 41 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing mutton snapper. The measures are based on a recent stock assessment for mutton snapper and include specifying the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), Maximum Stock Size Threshold (MSST), revising the Annual Catch VerDate Sep<11>2014 20:40 Jan 07, 2016 Jkt 238001 Limit (ACL) and Optimum Yield (OY) and recreational Annual Catch Target. The amendment also includes options to modify the recreational bag limit. Public hearings are being held for the following amendments: 1. Atlantic Generic Charter/For-Hire Reporting Amendment to the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper, Atlantic Dolphin Wahoo and Coastal Migratory Pelagic fisheries. The amendment includes actions to require mandatory electronic reporting for charter (sixpack) vessels and modifies existing reporting requirements for headboats. The reporting requirements would affect vessels involved in the South Atlantic Snapper Grouper fishery, Dolphin Wahoo fishery, and Coastal Migratory Pelagic fishery along the Atlantic coast. 2. Amendment 37 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing hogfish. The amendment includes actions to modify the management boundary between the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, establish two separate stocks in the South Atlantic with a ‘‘Georgia/North Carolina’’ stock and a ‘‘Florida Keys/ East Florida’’ stock for management purposes, specify the MSY, MSST, ACLs and ACTs for both stocks and establish a rebuilding plan for the Florida Keys/East Florida stock. The rebuilding plan includes measures to increase the minimum size limit, establish a commercial trip limit, reduce the recreational bag limit, and establish a recreational fishing season. The amendment would also establish Accountability Measures for both stocks. 3. Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26 addresses management measures for Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico king mackerel. Actions in the amendment include modifying the management/stock boundary for Gulf and Atlantic migratory groups of king mackerel, updating the biological reference points and revising the ABC, OY, ACLs and recreational ACT for Atlantic Group king mackerel, creating an incidental catch allowance of Atlantic group king mackerel caught in the shark gillnet fishery, establishing split season commercial quotas for harvest of Atlantic group king mackerel in the Southern Zone, and establishing boundaries and trip limits for a [new] Florida East Coast management zone for Atlantic group king mackerel. The amendment includes the following actions specific to Gulf group king mackerel: Update biological reference points and revise the ACL, revise the commercial zone quotas, revise the recreational and commercial allocation, and modify recreational bag limit. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Mackerel Advisory Panel Meeting The Council will hold a meeting of its King and Spanish Mackerel Advisory Panel in conjunction with the public hearing scheduled for February 3, 2016, from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. The advisory panel will review Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26 and the Atlantic Generic For-Hire/Charterboat Reporting Amendment and provide recommendations. Written comments on the amendments may be directed to Gregg Waugh, Executive Director, SAFMC (see ADDRESSES) or via email to: Mike.Collins@safmc.net. Note that email comments should specify the name of the specific amendment(s) in the Subject Line of the email according to the comment being submitted. Public hearing and scoping comments for the amendments will be accepted until 5 p.m. on February 10, 2016. Copies of the public hearing documents for each amendment will be posted on the Council’s Web site at www.safmc.net when they become available. 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: January 5, 2016. Jeffrey N. Lonergan, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016–142 Filed 1–7–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Fisheries Certificate of Origin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Department of Commerce, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08JAN1.SGM 08JAN1

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[FR Doc No: 2016-142]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE387


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearings/Scoping and Advisory Panel Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will 
hold a series of public hearings/scoping meetings pertaining to 
Amendments 41 and 37 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) for the South Atlantic, and Atlantic Generic Charterboat/Headboat 
Reporting Amendment, and Amendment 26 to the Coastal Migratory Pelagic 
(mackerel) Fishery Management Plan for the Gulf of Mexico and South 
Atlantic. Scoping comments will be accepted for Snapper Grouper 
Amendment 41 addressing management measures for mutton snapper. Public 
Hearings will be held for Snapper Grouper Amendment 37 pertaining to 
management measures for hogfish, the Atlantic Charterboat/Headboat 
Reporting Amendment, and Mackerel Amendment 26 addressing management 
measures for king mackerel in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. 
Note that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) 
will solicit public input on mutton snapper management measures for 
Florida State waters during selected public hearing/scoping meetings 
held in Florida (see DATES and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION). The Council 
will also hold a meeting of its Mackerel Advisory Panel in conjunction 
with the public hearing/scoping meeting scheduled in Cocoa Beach, FL.

DATES: The series of public hearings/scoping meetings will be held from 
January 25-February 8, 2016. The public hearing/scoping meetings will 
be held from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. with the exception of the public 
hearing/scoping meeting in Morehead City that will begin at 5 p.m. and 
a public hearing via webinar that will begin at 6 p.m. The meeting of 
the Mackerel Advisory Panel

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will be held from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. on February 3, 2016 in Cocoa 
Beach, FL. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    Registration is required for the public hearing/scoping meeting via 
webinar. Registration information will be posted on the SAFMC Web site 
at www.safmc.net as it becomes available.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific meeting 
locations.
    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 public hearing/scoping meetings will be 
held on the following dates and locations:

    1. January 25, 2016--Richmond Hill City Center, 520 Cedar 
Street, Richmond Hill, GA 31324; phone: (912) 445-0043.
    2. January 26, 2016--Hilton Garden Inn Charleston Airport, 5265 
International Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; phone: (843) 
308-9330.
    3. January 27, 2016--Murrells Inlet Community Center, 4450 
Murrells Inlet Road, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576; phone: (843) 651-
7373.
    4. January 28, 2016--NC Division of Marine Fisheries, Central 
District Office, 5285 Highway 70 West, Morehead City, NC 28557; 
phone: (252) 726-7021.
    5. February 1, 2016--Hilton Garden Inn, 180 SW 18th Avenue, 
Dania Beach, FL 33004; phone: (954) 924-9204. This hearing will be 
held in conjunction with FWC.
    6. February 2, 2016--Hawks Cay Resort, 61 Hawks Cay Blvd., Duck 
Key, FL 33050; phone: (305) 743-7000. This hearing will be held in 
conjunction with FWC.
    7. February 3, 2016--Marriott Beachside Hotel, 3841 N. Roosevelt 
Blvd., Key West, FL 33040; phone: (305) 296-8100. This hearing will 
be held in conjunction with FWC.
    8. February 3, 2016--International Palms Resort & Conference 
Center, 1300 North A1A, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931; phone: (321) 783-
2271. A meeting of the Council's King and Spanish Mackerel Advisory 
Panel will be held in conjunction with this public hearing.
    9. February 8, 2016--Public hearings via webinar beginning at 6 
p.m. for the Atlantic Charter/For-Hire Reporting Amendment and 
Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26.

    The Council is soliciting public scoping comments on proposed 
measures in Amendment 41 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing mutton 
snapper. The measures are based on a recent stock assessment for mutton 
snapper and include specifying the Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY), 
Maximum Stock Size Threshold (MSST), revising the Annual Catch Limit 
(ACL) and Optimum Yield (OY) and recreational Annual Catch Target. The 
amendment also includes options to modify the recreational bag limit.
    Public hearings are being held for the following amendments:
    1. Atlantic Generic Charter/For-Hire Reporting Amendment to the 
South Atlantic Snapper Grouper, Atlantic Dolphin Wahoo and Coastal 
Migratory Pelagic fisheries. The amendment includes actions to require 
mandatory electronic reporting for charter (six-pack) vessels and 
modifies existing reporting requirements for headboats. The reporting 
requirements would affect vessels involved in the South Atlantic 
Snapper Grouper fishery, Dolphin Wahoo fishery, and Coastal Migratory 
Pelagic fishery along the Atlantic coast.
    2. Amendment 37 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing hogfish. The 
amendment includes actions to modify the management boundary between 
the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico, establish two separate stocks in 
the South Atlantic with a ``Georgia/North Carolina'' stock and a 
``Florida Keys/East Florida'' stock for management purposes, specify 
the MSY, MSST, ACLs and ACTs for both stocks and establish a rebuilding 
plan for the Florida Keys/East Florida stock. The rebuilding plan 
includes measures to increase the minimum size limit, establish a 
commercial trip limit, reduce the recreational bag limit, and establish 
a recreational fishing season. The amendment would also establish 
Accountability Measures for both stocks.
    3. Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26 addresses management 
measures for Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico king mackerel. Actions in the 
amendment include modifying the management/stock boundary for Gulf and 
Atlantic migratory groups of king mackerel, updating the biological 
reference points and revising the ABC, OY, ACLs and recreational ACT 
for Atlantic Group king mackerel, creating an incidental catch 
allowance of Atlantic group king mackerel caught in the shark gillnet 
fishery, establishing split season commercial quotas for harvest of 
Atlantic group king mackerel in the Southern Zone, and establishing 
boundaries and trip limits for a [new] Florida East Coast management 
zone for Atlantic group king mackerel. The amendment includes the 
following actions specific to Gulf group king mackerel: Update 
biological reference points and revise the ACL, revise the commercial 
zone quotas, revise the recreational and commercial allocation, and 
modify recreational bag limit.

Mackerel Advisory Panel Meeting

    The Council will hold a meeting of its King and Spanish Mackerel 
Advisory Panel in conjunction with the public hearing scheduled for 
February 3, 2016, from 12 p.m. until 4 p.m. The advisory panel will 
review Coastal Migratory Pelagic Amendment 26 and the Atlantic Generic 
For-Hire/Charterboat Reporting Amendment and provide recommendations.
    Written comments on the amendments may be directed to Gregg Waugh, 
Executive Director, SAFMC (see ADDRESSES) or via email to: 
Mike.Collins@safmc.net. Note that email comments should specify the 
name of the specific amendment(s) in the Subject Line of the email 
according to the comment being submitted. Public hearing and scoping 
comments for the amendments will be accepted until 5 p.m. on February 
10, 2016. Copies of the public hearing documents for each amendment 
will be posted on the Council's Web site at www.safmc.net when they 
become available.

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: January 5, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-142 Filed 1-7-16; 8:45 am]
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