[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 88 (Monday, May 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24395-24396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2224]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021805D]


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic, 
Southeastern Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 8 Review Workshop

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

ACTION: Notice; location change.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR process consists of a series of three workshops: a 
data workshop, an assessment workshop, and a review workshop. This is 
notification that the location for the Review workshop has changed. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The review workshop will be held May 16-20, 2005.

ADDRESSES: The Review Workshop will be held at the Caribe Hilton, Los 
Rosales Street, San Geronimo Grounds, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00901.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Graciela Garcia-Moliner, Caribbean 
Fishery Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Ave, Suite 1108, San Juan, 
PR 00918-2577; telephone: (787) 766-5927; or John Carmichael, SEDAR 
Coordinator, SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, 
SC 29407; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: 
(843) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal 
Register on February 25, 2005 (70 FR 9273). This notice serves as a 
correction to the address of one of the 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 typically 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. 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 for SEDAR 8 will review the following 
assessments: Caribbean yellowtail snapper, Caribbean spiny lobster, and 
Gulf of Mexico South Atlantic spiny lobster. The Review workshop was 
originally scheduled to be held at the Best Western, San Juan Airport. 
That location has changed to the Caribe Hilton, San Juan, PR.
    The workshop schedule is as follows:
    May 16, 2005, 1 p.m.-10 p.m.
    May 17 19, 2005, 8 a.m.-10 p.m.
    May 20, 2005, 8 a.m.-11 a.m.
    Please note that during the scheduled times there will be a mixture 
of workshop plenary sessions and dedicated group working sessions. The 
actual schedule of sessions during each day will be determined on an 
as-needed basis.

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: May 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-2224 Filed 5-6-05; 8:45 am]
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