[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40357-40358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 062804A]


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeastern Data, Assessment, 
and Review (SEDAR) South Atlantic Deepwater Snapper/Grouper Species; 
Tilefish and Snowy Grouper

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

ACTION:  Notice of a SEDAR Workshop for South Atlantic Snapper/Grouper 
Species.

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SUMMARY:  The SEDAR process for the South Atlantic Snapper/Grouper 
Species consists of a series of three workshops: A data workshop, an 
assessment workshop, and a review workshop. As part of this series, a 
Review Workshop is being held for tilefish and snowy grouper.

DATES:  The SEDAR Review Workshop for tilefish and snowy grouperwill 
take place July 26-30, 2004. The workshop will be held July 26, 2004, 
from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., July 27-29, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m., and July 30, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  The Review Workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn Center 
City, 230 North College Street, Charlotte, NC 28202; telephone: (704) 
335-5400.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, One 
Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator; 
telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free 866/SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-
4520.

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 SEDAR process, a multi-step method 
for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. 
SEDAR includes three workshops: (1) Data workshop, (2) assessment 
workshop, and (3) review workshop. The product of the data workshop and 
the assessment workshop is a stock assessment report, which describes 
the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological 
benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends 
research and monitoring needs. The assessment report is independently 
peer reviewed

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at the review workshop. The products of the review workshop are a 
Consensus Summary Report, which reports Panel opinions regarding the 
strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data, and an 
Advisory Report, which summarizes the status of the stock. Participants 
for SEDAR workshops are appointed by the Regional Fishery Management 
Councils. Participants include data collectors, database managers, 
stock assessment scientists, biologists, fisheries researchers, 
fishermen, environmentalists, Council members, international experts, 
and staff of Regional Councils, Interstate Commissions, and state and 
Federal agencies.
    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 consensus opinions 
regarding assessment issues in a Consensus Summary Report. Panelists 
will summarize the assessment results in an Advisory Report.
    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 sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days 
prior to the workshop.

    Dated: June 29, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1471 Filed 7-1-04; 8:45 am]
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