Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 36708-36709 [2021-14783]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB205]
Fisheries of the South Atlantic;
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 77 HMS
Hammerhead Shark Stock Identification
(ID) Webinar 2.
AGENCY:
The SEDAR 77 assessment of
the Atlantic stock of hammerhead
sharks will consist of a stock ID process,
data webinars/workshop, a series of
assessment webinars, and a review
workshop.
DATES: The SEDAR 77 HMS
Hammerhead Shark Stock ID Webinar 2
has been scheduled for Tuesday August
10, 2021, from 12 p.m. until 3 p.m. ET.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held via webinar. The webinar is open
to members of the public. Registration is
available online at: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
1490341148333434635.
SEDAR address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N
Charleston, SC 29405;
www.sedarweb.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Howington, SEDAR
Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive,
Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
phone: (843) 571–4371; email:
Kathleen.Howington@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
Caribbean Fishery Management
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
have implemented the Southeast Data,
Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks in
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a threestep process including: (1) Data
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review
Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential
datasets and recommends which
datasets are appropriate for assessment
analyses. The product of the Assessment
Process is a stock assessment report
which describes the fisheries, evaluates
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the status of the stock, estimates
biological benchmarks, projects future
population conditions, and recommends
research and monitoring needs. The
assessment is independently peer
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The
product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
Management Councils and NOAA
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
Highly Migratory Species Management
Division, and Southeast Fisheries
Science Center. Participants include:
Data collectors and database managers;
stock assessment scientists, biologists,
and researchers; constituency
representatives including fishermen,
environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs);
international experts; and staff of
Councils, Commissions, and state and
federal agencies.
The items of discussion at the SEDAR
77 HMS Hammerhead Shark Stock ID
Webinar 2 are as follows:
• Participants will use review genetic
studies, growth patterns, and any other
relevant information on hammerhead
shark stock structure.
• Participants will make final
recommendations on biological stock
structure and define the unit stock or
stocks to be addressed through this
assessment.
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 intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is accessible to people
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
aids should be directed to the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
business days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence
specified in this agenda are subject to
change.
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Dated: July 8, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[RTID 0648–XB221]
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 (Council) will
meet with the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Management Board.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday August 4, 2021, from 10:15
a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For agenda details,
see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Details on the proposed
agenda, webinar listen-in access, and
any meeting materials will be posted at
www.mafmc.org/meetings.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331;
www.mafmc.org.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During
this meeting, the Council and the
ASMFC’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Management Board will
reconsider revisions to the commercial
black sea bass state allocations
previously approved through the
Council’s Black Sea Bass Commercial
State Allocation Amendment and the
Commission’s Addendum XXXIII.
Background materials will be posted to
www.mafmc.org/meetings.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group 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
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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 Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
intent to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to
Kathy Collins at the Council Office,
(302) 526–5253, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice for request of proposals
for Ageing Study on Gulf of Mexico
Gray Triggerfish.
ACTION:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council is requesting
proposals from qualified contractors to
organize and conduct an Expanded
Sampling and Ageing Study on Gulf of
Mexico Gray Triggerfish.
SUMMARY:
This will be a 24-month project
and a maximum $250,000 is available to
fund the work. Proposal Submission
Deadline: August 13, 2021.
DATES:
Council address: Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council,
4701 W Spruce Street, Suite 200,
Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 348–
1630.
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ADDRESSES:
Dr.
John Froeschke, Deputy Director, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council;
john.froeschke@gulfcouncil.org;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Proposal Submission Deadline Friday,
August 13, 2021
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) seeks a
highly-qualified contractor to organize
and conduct an ageing study on Gulf of
Mexico (Gulf) gray triggerfish, Balistes
capriscus. The Term of Contract is 24
months and Maximum Funding
Available for Work is $250,000. The
contractor is tasked with evaluating and
proposing new techniques to efficiently
sample, process, and utilize different
ageing structures (i.e., spines and
otoliths) for gray triggerfish in the Gulf.
Proposal applicants are encouraged to
develop work plans to collaborate with
state and federal partners to collect
representative samples across a range of
age classes. Typically, the various Gulf
state and federal creel and port samplers
would be able to contribute to this work;
however, otoliths are not currently
taken at dockside intercepts under
current sample collection protocols.
Sampling gray triggerfish otoliths that
are small, fragile, and difficult to extract
may require obtaining filleted carcasses
(i.e., racks) from fishery-dependent
intercepts. If additional samples are
necessary, the proposal may consider an
effective method for field collection of
gray triggerfish otoliths and dorsal
spines.
Gray triggerfish have historically been
aged by counting translucent zones in
the first dorsal spine since gray
triggerfish otoliths are small, fragile, and
difficult to extract. During the Data/
Assessment workshop deliberations for
SEDAR 62, it was noted that a study
applying bomb radiocarbon validation
to compare spine and otolith ages
routinely resulted in lower age estimates
from spines versus otoliths, and called
into question the reliability of growth
estimates derived from spine-based ages
(Patterson et al. 2019: SEDAR62–WP–
17).
Background
During its January 2021 meeting, the
Council identified unspent Council
funds in 2020. These unspent funds
were primarily due to limited travel
during the COVID–19 pandemic. The
Council is considering funding a
research study, on the ageing of gray
triggerfish, that could be completed,
available, and contributory to the
scheduled SEDAR Research Track
assessment of Gulf gray triggerfish to
begin in 2024. The last assessment for
Gulf gray triggerfish (SEDAR 62) was
terminated because of irreconcilable
data issues, with ageing of gray
triggerfish being an outstanding
concern.
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Gray triggerfish have historically been
aged by counting translucent zones in
the first dorsal spines since gray
triggerfish otoliths tend to be small,
fragile, and difficult to extract. Allman
et al. (2016) conducted an age validation
study of gray triggerfish spines that
revealed two peaks in translucent zone
formation, which was interpreted as a
doublet pattern (two closely spaced
translucent zones) representing a single
year in the life. However, during
workshop deliberations for SEDAR 62, it
was noted that a study applying bomb
radiocarbon validation to compare spine
and otolith ages resulted in otolith ages
better aligning with known regional
coral and otolith carbon-14 values
compared to spines, which under-aged
known records. Whereas, the
comparison of vertebra versus otolithderived ages indicated a close
agreement (Patterson et al. 2019:
SEDAR62–WP–17).
Shervette et al. (2021), conducted a
study on gray triggerfish in Ghana and
U.S. South Atlantic that compared
ageing of spines and otoliths. They also
developed a methodology for removing
the otoliths from gray triggerfish. Whole
otoliths were submerged in water and
read against a black background with
magnified stereoscope, and then each
opaque zone was counted. Spines were
also read and fish were aged by
counting the number of translucent
zones in the spine section. Two
independent readers with ageing
experience of 8 years +, read the otoliths
and spines. This study found age
estimates for spines ranged from 1 to 8
years and for otoliths 3 to 13 years. An
age bias plot indicating a potential
ageing bias starting at age-3 between
spines and otoliths of gray triggerfish.
Therefore, the Council is interested in
funding an age study for Gulf gray
triggerfish to reconcile ageing
differences in hard parts. The Council
also seeks expert advice from funded
work to determine whether it is possible
to develop an algorithm to convert
spine-based ages to the more accurate
otolith-based ages for Gulf gray
triggerfish.
Scope of Work
The contractor will be responsible for
all data products outlined below and is
encouraged to contribute additional
products and suggestions in the
proposal for this work. The selected
contractor is also responsible for a midterm project summary report and a
presentation of the final results to the
Scientific and Statistical Committees
and the Council. The proposed scope of
work should include the following:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB221]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
meet with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday August 4, 2021, from 10:15
a.m. to 12:15 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the
proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and any meeting materials
will be posted at www.mafmc.org/meetings.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
www.mafmc.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: During this meeting, the Council and the
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board will
reconsider revisions to the commercial black sea bass state allocations
previously approved through the Council's Black Sea Bass Commercial
State Allocation Amendment and the Commission's Addendum XXXIII.
Background materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org/meetings.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group 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
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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
Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kathy Collins at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5253, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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