[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 22 (Friday, February 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 5017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1698]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012607C]


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

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR 
schedule through 2012; consider modifications to the SEDAR process; 
review research and monitoring needs; and discuss a process for 
addressing post-review assessment corrections.

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Tuesday, February 20, 
2007, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday, February 21, 2007, from 9 
a.m. to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 
King Street, Charleston, SC 29403; telephone: (843) 723-0600; fax: 
(543) 853-2166.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Program 
Manager, SEDAR/SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 
29405; telephone: (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 2009 - 2012 and update assessments in 2008 and 2009. 
The Committee will receive reports from the Councils regarding research 
and monitoring priorities. The Committee will discuss procedures for 
addressing assessment corrections that arise after the review. The 
Committee will develop a list of species to be assessed on a regular 
basis and a list of species of concern that will be assessed less 
frequently.
    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

    This meeting is 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 3 business days prior to the meeting.

    Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-1698 Filed 2-1-07; 8:45 am]
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