[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40078-40079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11159]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071106C]


Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; 
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) Steering Committee 
Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of the SEDAR Steering Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR 
schedule; consider modifications to the SEDAR process; discuss the 
assessment update process; and establish the assessment schedule for 
2006 and 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Tuesday, August 1, 
2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Wednesday, August 2, 2005, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Marriott Frenchman's Reef, 5 
Estate Bakkeroe, St. Thomas, USVI, 00802. Phone: (340) 776-8500 / Fax: 
(340) 715-6191.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, 
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle, Suite 306, Charleston, S.C., 29407; 
phone (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; FAX (843) 769-4520.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and 
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils; in conjunction with NOAA 
Fisheries, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the 
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; implemented the Southeast 
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for 
determining the status of fish stocks. The SEDAR Steering Committee 
provides oversight of the SEDAR process, establishes assessment 
priorities, and provides coordination between assessment efforts and 
management activities. The SEDAR Steering Committee meets twice 
annually.
    During this meeting the Steering Committee will consider benchmark 
assessments during 2007-2011 and update assessments in 2007 and 2008. 
The Committee will receive the report of the king mackerel mixing 
subcommittee and the evaluation of research and monitoring needs for 
scheduled assessments. The Committee will review the update process, 
consider the time allotted to complete benchmark assessments, evaluate 
options for securing review panel chairs, evaluate review panel 
products, and clarify assessment presentation procedures.

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 at the address listed above at least 5 
business days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-11159 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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