[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 17 (Thursday, January 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3907-3908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011905A]


Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeastern Data, Assessment, 
and Review Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Workshops

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

ACTION: Notice of the Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review Gulf of 
Mexico Red Snapper (SEDAR) Review Workshop for Gulf of Mexico Red 
Snapper.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR process for the Gulf of Mexico red snapper consists 
of a series of three workshops: a data workshop, an assessment 
workshop, and a review workshop. The data and assessment workshops are 
completed. This document announces the schedule for the review 
workshop.

DATES: The review workshop will be held on April 4-7, 2005. The 
workshop may adjourn on or before April 7, 2005, at 6 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Workshop address: The review workshop will be held at the 
Country Inn and Suites, 315 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA 70130; 
phone: (504)324-5400.

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    Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC), 
3018 North U.S. Highway 301, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619.
    GMFMC e-mail address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Steven Atran or Mr. Stu Kennedy, 
813-228-2815 or 888-833-1844.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Data and Assessment Workshops

    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 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 at the review workshop.

Review Workshop

    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 produce a SEDAR Consensus Summary Report 
to document their consensus opinions and comments.
    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 
Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies.

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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least five business days 
prior to each workshop.

    Dated: January 19, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-1459 Filed 1-26-05; 8:45 am]
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