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Point Blue’s activities would have a
negligible impact on the affected species
or stocks and that the authorized take
numbers of each species or stock were
small relative to the relevant stocks (e.g.,
less than 13 percent for all stocks). The
numbers of California sea lions, harbor
seals, and northern elephant seals
proposed to be taken are identical to
those authorized in the 2018–2019 IHA,
while the numbers of Steller sea lions
proposed to be taken have increased
slightly. However, the increased
numbers of Steller sea lions result in
only minor increased percentage of
stock proposed to be taken (e.g., from
0.10 to 0.14 percent of the Eastern U.S.
stock of Steller sea lions) and NMFS has
preliminarily determined that the
proposed take is still considered small
relative to the relevant stock
abundances. The mitigation measures
and monitoring and reporting
requirements as described above are
identical to the initial IHA.
NMFS has preliminarily concluded
that there is no new information
suggesting that our analysis or findings
should change from those reached for
the initial IHA. This includes
consideration of the estimated
abundance of the California sea lion
stock decreasing slightly and the
increased estimated take of Steller sea
lions. Based on the information
contained here and in the referenced
documents, NMFS has preliminarily
determined the following: (1) The
required mitigation measures will effect
the least practicable impact on marine
mammal species or stocks and their
habitat; (2) the proposed authorized
takes will have a negligible impact on
the affected marine mammal species or
stocks; (3) the proposed authorized
takes represent small numbers of marine
mammals relative to the affected stock
abundances; and (4) Point Blue’s
activities will not have an unmitigable
adverse impact on taking for subsistence
purposes as no relevant subsistence uses
of marine mammals are implicated by
this action, and (5) appropriate
monitoring and reporting requirements
are included.
Endangered Species Act (ESA)
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered
Species Act of 1973 (ESA: 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) requires that each Federal
agency insure that any action it
authorizes, funds, or carries out is not
likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of any endangered or
threatened species or result in the
destruction or adverse modification of
designated critical habitat. No
incidental take of ESA-listed species is
authorized or expected to result from
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this activity. Therefore, NMFS has
determined that formal consultation
under section 7 of the ESA is not
required for this action.
Proposed Authorization
As a result of these preliminary
determinations, NMFS proposes to issue
an IHA to Point Blue for conducting
seabird research and monitoring
activities in central California for a
period of one year from the date of
issuance, provided the previously
mentioned mitigation, monitoring, and
reporting requirements are incorporated.
A draft of the proposed IHA can be
found at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act.
Request for Public Comments
We request comment on our analyses
(included in both this document and the
referenced documents supporting the
2018–2019 IHA), the proposed
authorization, and any other aspect of
this notice of proposed IHA for the
proposed seabird research and
monitoring activities. Please include
with your comments any supporting
data or literature citations to help
inform our final decision on the request
for MMPA authorization.
Dated: August 21, 2020.
Donna S. Wieting,
Director, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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The meeting will be held
via webinar; the webinar link is: https://
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/spinydogmc2020/.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State St.,
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:
(302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (302)
526–5255. The Council’s website,
www.mafmc.org also has details on the
proposed agenda, webinar access, and
any briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish
Monitoring Committee will hold a
public meeting to review annual
specifications and management
measures, and make any appropriate
recommendations.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held
Monday, September 14, 2020, from 1
p.m. to 4 p.m.
DATES:
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the following: Snapper
Grouper Committee; Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
Committee; Dolphin Wahoo Committee;
and Executive Committee (partially
Closed Session). The meeting week will
also include a formal public comment
session and a meeting of the Full
Council (with a partially Closed
Session). Due to public health concerns
associated with COVID–19 and current
travel restrictions, the meeting
originally planned for Charleston, SC
will be held via webinar.
DATES: The Council meeting will be
held from 9 a.m. on Monday, September
SUMMARY:
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14, 2020 until 5 p.m. on Thursday,
September 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held
via webinar. Webinar registration is
required. Details are included in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8440 or toll
free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–
4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting
information, including agendas,
overviews, and briefing book materials
will be posted on the Council’s website
at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/
council-meetings/. Webinar registration
links for each meeting day will also be
available from the Council’s website.
Public comment: Written comments
may be directed to John Carmichael,
Executive Director, South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (see
ADDRESSES) or electronically via the
Council’s website at https://safmc.net/
safmc-meetings/council-meetings/.
Comments received by close of business
the Monday before the meeting (9/7/20)
will be compiled, posted to the website
as part of the meeting materials, and
included in the administrative record;
please use the Council’s online form
available from the website. For written
comments received after the Monday
before the meeting must use the
Council’s online form available from the
website. Comments will automatically
be posted to the website and available
for Council consideration. Comments
received prior to 9 a.m. on Thursday,
September 17, 2020 will be a part of the
meeting administrative record.
The items of discussion in the
individual meeting agendas are as
follows:
Full Council Sessions
Council Session I—Monday,
September 14, 2020, 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.
(Closed Session); Council Session II—
Monday, September 14, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
until 5 p.m. and Tuesday, September 15,
2020, 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.; and Council
Session III—Thursday, September 17,
2020 from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.
Council Session II, Monday, September
14, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Until 5 p.m. and
Tuesday, September 15, 2020 From 9
a.m. Until 11 a.m.
1. Newly appointed Council members
will be sworn in.
2. The Council will develop a
response to the President’s Executive
Order on Promoting American Seafood
Competitiveness and Economic Growth.
3. Council members will receive an
update from NOAA Fisheries on recent
emergency action requests to increase
the bag limit for King Mackerel and the
commercial trip limit for Vermilion
Snapper and consider requesting
additional emergency actions.
4. The Council will receive a report
from NOAA Fisheries on the
Standardized Bycatch Reporting
Methodology.
5. The Council will review sector
allocation alternatives and recommend
how to proceed.
Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday,
September 15, 2020, 11 a.m. Until 12
p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Until 4:30 p.m.
1. The Committee will receive an
update from NOAA Fisheries on the
status of amendments under review
2. The Committee will review the
2020 South Atlantic Red Snapper
Season.
3. The Committee will review an
options paper for modernizing the
Wreckfish Individual Transferable
Quota (ITQ) Program and consider
approval for public scoping.
4. The Committee will review
potential management measures to end
overfishing and revise the rebuilding
plan for Red Porgy and provide
direction to staff.
5. The Committee will provide topics
for consideration during the November
2020 meeting of the Snapper Grouper
Advisory Panel.
Council Session I, Monday September
14, 2020, 9 a.m. Until 12 p.m. (Closed
Session)
SEDAR Committee, Tuesday, September
15, 2020, 4:30 p.m. Until 5 p.m.
1. The Committee will review the
SEDAR Statement of Works for
assessments that will begin in 2023 and
approve for Council consideration.
2. The Committee will receive an
update from the SEDAR Steering
Committee on the Research Track and
Operational Assessment Process and
consider recommendations.
1. The Council will recommend
applicants for open advisory panel
seats.
2. The Council will recommend
appointees for SEDAR stock assessment
projects.
3. A legal briefing on litigation will
also be held if needed.
Dolphin Wahoo Committee, Wednesday,
September 16, 2020, 9 a.m. Until 3:45
p.m.
1. The Committee will review draft
Amendment 10 to the Dolphin Wahoo
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) with
actions that currently address: Revisions
to recreational data and catch level
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recommendations, redefining Optimum
Yield in the dolphin fishery,
modifications to accountability
measures, and other management
revisions to the dolphin and wahoo
fisheries. The Committee will review
the draft Amendment and provide
direction to staff.
2. The Committee will review draft
Amendment 12 to the Dolphin Wahoo
FMP with measures to add bullet
mackerel and frigate mackerel as
Ecosystem Component species to the
Dolphin Wahoo FMP and consider final
approval of the amendment for
Secretarial review.
3. The Committee will receive a
presentation on recent tagging studies
conducted through the Dolphinfish
Research Program.
4. The Committee will provide
recommendations for management
topics to be considered at the October
meeting of the Dolphin Wahoo Advisory
Panel.
Formal Public Comment, Wednesday,
September 16, 2020, 4 p.m.—Public
comment will be accepted via webinar
on items on the Council meeting agenda
scheduled to be approved for Secretarial
Review: Amendment 12 to the Dolphin
Wahoo Fishery Management Plan
(Bullet and Frigate Mackerel as
Ecosystem Component Species). Public
comment will also be accepted on all
other agenda items. The Council Chair,
based on the number of individuals
wishing to comment, will determine the
amount of time provided to each
commenter.
Executive Committee, Thursday,
September 17, 2020, 9 a.m. Until 12
p.m. (Partially Closed Session)
Closed Session
1. The Committee will review the
compositions of its Scientific and
Statistical Committee and its Outreach
and Communications Advisory Panel
and provide recommendations for
Council consideration.
2. The Committee will also review the
Council’s Sexual Harassment
identification and prevention efforts.
Open Session
1. The Committee will review new
travel forms and the Council’s Priorities
Work Schedule and provide
recommendations as needed.
Council Session III, Thursday,
September 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Until 5
p.m.
The Full Council Session III will
begin with the Call to Order, adoption
of the agenda, approval of minutes, and
Council elections.
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The Council will receive a staff report
from the Executive Director, and
updates on Outreach and
Communications efforts, the Council’s
Citizen Science Program, and Atlantic
coast climate change scenario planning.
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries
Science Center staff will provide reports
on the status of commercial electronic
logbooks and pandemic response
impacts on surveys and fishery
monitoring.
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional
Office staff will provide an update on
the status of the For-Hire Electronic
Reporting Amendment and a report on
Protected Resources.
The Council will receive reports from
the following committees: Snapper
Grouper; SEDAR; Dolphin Wahoo; and
Executive. The Council will also
address advisory panel and SEDAR
appointments.
The Council will receive agency and
liaison reports, discuss other business
and upcoming meetings, and take action
as necessary.
Documents regarding these issues are
available from the Council office (see
ADDRESSES).
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 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
Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to
Specified Activities; Taking Marine
Mammals Incidental to Office of Naval
Research Arctic Research Activities
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of Renewal
incidental harassment authorization.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
regulations implementing the Marine
Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), as
amended, notification is hereby given
that NMFS has issued a Renewal
incidental harassment authorization
(IHA) to the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval
Research (ONR) to harass marine
mammals incidental to Arctic Research
Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi
Seas.
DATES: This Renewal IHA is valid from
September 10, 2020 through September
9, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Amy Fowler, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401.
Electronic copies of the original
application, Renewal request, and
supporting documents (including NMFS
Federal Register notices of the original
proposed and final authorizations, and
the previous IHA), as well as a list of the
references cited in this document, may
be obtained online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/permit/
incidental-take-authorizations-undermarine-mammal-protection-act. In case
of problems accessing these documents,
please call the contact listed above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
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 meeting.
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The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of
marine mammals, with certain
exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and
(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et
seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce
(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon
request, the incidental, but not
intentional, taking of small numbers of
marine mammals by U.S. citizens who
engage in a specified activity (other than
commercial fishing) within a specified
geographical region if certain findings
are made and either regulations are
issued or, if the taking is limited to
harassment, a notice of a proposed
incidental take authorization is
provided to the public for review.
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Authorization for incidental takings
shall be granted if NMFS finds that the
taking will have a negligible impact on
the species or stock(s) and will not have
an unmitigable adverse impact on the
availability of the species or stock(s) for
taking for subsistence uses (where
relevant). Further, NMFS must prescribe
the permissible methods of taking and
other ‘‘means of effecting the least
practicable adverse impact’’ on the
affected species or stocks and their
habitat, paying particular attention to
rookeries, mating grounds, and areas of
similar significance, and on the
availability of such species or stocks for
taking for certain subsistence uses
(referred to here as ‘‘mitigation
measures’’). Monitoring and reporting of
such takings are also required. The
meaning of key terms such as ‘‘take,’’
‘‘harassment,’’ and ‘‘negligible impact’’
can be found in section 3 of the MMPA
(16 U.S.C. 1362) and the agency’s
regulations at 50 CFR 216.103.
NMFS’ regulations implementing the
MMPA at 50 CFR 216.107(e) indicate
that IHAs may be renewed for
additional periods of time not to exceed
one year for each reauthorization. In the
notice of proposed IHA for the initial
authorization, NMFS described the
circumstances under which we would
consider issuing a Renewal for this
activity, and requested public comment
on a potential Renewal under those
circumstances. Specifically, on a caseby-case basis, NMFS may issue a onetime one-year Renewal IHA following
notice to the public providing an
additional 15 days for public comments
when (1) up to another year of identical,
or nearly identical, activities as
described in the Description of the
Specified Activities and Anticipated
Impacts section of this notice is planned
or (2) the activities as described in the
Specified Activities section of this
notice would not be completed by the
time the IHA expires and a Renewal
would allow for completion of the
activities beyond that described in the
Dates and Duration section of the notice
of proposed IHA for the initial
authorization, provided all of the
following conditions are met:
• A request for renewal is received no
later than 60 days prior to the needed
Renewal IHA effective date (recognizing
that the Renewal IHA expiration date
cannot extend beyond one year from
expiration of the initial IHA).
• The request for renewal must
include the following:
(1) An explanation that the activities
to be conducted under the requested
Renewal IHA are identical to the
activities analyzed under the initial
IHA, are a subset of the activities, or
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ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of the following: Snapper Grouper Committee; Southeast
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) Committee; Dolphin Wahoo Committee;
and Executive Committee (partially Closed Session). The meeting week
will also include a formal public comment session and a meeting of the
Full Council (with a partially Closed Session). Due to public health
concerns associated with COVID-19 and current travel restrictions, the
meeting originally planned for Charleston, SC will be held via webinar.
DATES: The Council meeting will be held from 9 a.m. on Monday,
September
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14, 2020 until 5 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held via webinar. Webinar registration
is required. Details are included in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302-8440 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting information, including agendas,
overviews, and briefing book materials will be posted on the Council's
website at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/council-meetings/. Webinar
registration links for each meeting day will also be available from the
Council's website.
Public comment: Written comments may be directed to John
Carmichael, Executive Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (see ADDRESSES) or electronically via the Council's website at
https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/council-meetings/. Comments received by
close of business the Monday before the meeting (9/7/20) will be
compiled, posted to the website as part of the meeting materials, and
included in the administrative record; please use the Council's online
form available from the website. For written comments received after
the Monday before the meeting must use the Council's online form
available from the website. Comments will automatically be posted to
the website and available for Council consideration. Comments received
prior to 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2020 will be a part of the
meeting administrative record.
The items of discussion in the individual meeting agendas are as
follows:
Full Council Sessions
Council Session I--Monday, September 14, 2020, 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.
(Closed Session); Council Session II--Monday, September 14, 2020, 1:30
p.m. until 5 p.m. and Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 9 a.m. until 11
a.m.; and Council Session III--Thursday, September 17, 2020 from 1:30
p.m. until 5 p.m.
Council Session I, Monday September 14, 2020, 9 a.m. Until 12 p.m.
(Closed Session)
1. The Council will recommend applicants for open advisory panel
seats.
2. The Council will recommend appointees for SEDAR stock assessment
projects.
3. A legal briefing on litigation will also be held if needed.
Council Session II, Monday, September 14, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Until 5 p.m.
and Tuesday, September 15, 2020 From 9 a.m. Until 11 a.m.
1. Newly appointed Council members will be sworn in.
2. The Council will develop a response to the President's Executive
Order on Promoting American Seafood Competitiveness and Economic
Growth.
3. Council members will receive an update from NOAA Fisheries on
recent emergency action requests to increase the bag limit for King
Mackerel and the commercial trip limit for Vermilion Snapper and
consider requesting additional emergency actions.
4. The Council will receive a report from NOAA Fisheries on the
Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology.
5. The Council will review sector allocation alternatives and
recommend how to proceed.
Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 11 a.m. Until
12 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. Until 4:30 p.m.
1. The Committee will receive an update from NOAA Fisheries on the
status of amendments under review
2. The Committee will review the 2020 South Atlantic Red Snapper
Season.
3. The Committee will review an options paper for modernizing the
Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program and consider
approval for public scoping.
4. The Committee will review potential management measures to end
overfishing and revise the rebuilding plan for Red Porgy and provide
direction to staff.
5. The Committee will provide topics for consideration during the
November 2020 meeting of the Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel.
SEDAR Committee, Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 4:30 p.m. Until 5 p.m.
1. The Committee will review the SEDAR Statement of Works for
assessments that will begin in 2023 and approve for Council
consideration.
2. The Committee will receive an update from the SEDAR Steering
Committee on the Research Track and Operational Assessment Process and
consider recommendations.
Dolphin Wahoo Committee, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 9 a.m. Until
3:45 p.m.
1. The Committee will review draft Amendment 10 to the Dolphin
Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (FMP) with actions that currently
address: Revisions to recreational data and catch level
recommendations, redefining Optimum Yield in the dolphin fishery,
modifications to accountability measures, and other management
revisions to the dolphin and wahoo fisheries. The Committee will review
the draft Amendment and provide direction to staff.
2. The Committee will review draft Amendment 12 to the Dolphin
Wahoo FMP with measures to add bullet mackerel and frigate mackerel as
Ecosystem Component species to the Dolphin Wahoo FMP and consider final
approval of the amendment for Secretarial review.
3. The Committee will receive a presentation on recent tagging
studies conducted through the Dolphinfish Research Program.
4. The Committee will provide recommendations for management topics
to be considered at the October meeting of the Dolphin Wahoo Advisory
Panel.
Formal Public Comment, Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 4 p.m.--
Public comment will be accepted via webinar on items on the Council
meeting agenda scheduled to be approved for Secretarial Review:
Amendment 12 to the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan (Bullet and
Frigate Mackerel as Ecosystem Component Species). Public comment will
also be accepted on all other agenda items. The Council Chair, based on
the number of individuals wishing to comment, will determine the amount
of time provided to each commenter.
Executive Committee, Thursday, September 17, 2020, 9 a.m. Until 12 p.m.
(Partially Closed Session)
Closed Session
1. The Committee will review the compositions of its Scientific and
Statistical Committee and its Outreach and Communications Advisory
Panel and provide recommendations for Council consideration.
2. The Committee will also review the Council's Sexual Harassment
identification and prevention efforts.
Open Session
1. The Committee will review new travel forms and the Council's
Priorities Work Schedule and provide recommendations as needed.
Council Session III, Thursday, September 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m. Until 5
p.m.
The Full Council Session III will begin with the Call to Order,
adoption of the agenda, approval of minutes, and Council elections.
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The Council will receive a staff report from the Executive
Director, and updates on Outreach and Communications efforts, the
Council's Citizen Science Program, and Atlantic coast climate change
scenario planning.
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center staff will
provide reports on the status of commercial electronic logbooks and
pandemic response impacts on surveys and fishery monitoring.
NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office staff will provide an
update on the status of the For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment and
a report on Protected Resources.
The Council will receive reports from the following committees:
Snapper Grouper; SEDAR; Dolphin Wahoo; and Executive. The Council will
also address advisory panel and SEDAR appointments.
The Council will receive agency and liaison reports, discuss other
business and upcoming meetings, and take action as necessary.
Documents regarding these issues are available from the Council
office (see ADDRESSES).
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 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
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 meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are
subject to change.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 25, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-18964 Filed 8-27-20; 8:45 am]
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