[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2489-2490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-648]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XT80


Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; 
Southeast 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 SEDAR Steering Committee Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet via conference call to 
discuss timing of assessment projects for 2010, progress on procedural 
modifications, and the need for conflict of interest policies. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Monday, February 8, 
2010, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via conference call. Listening 
stations are available at the following locations: South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive 201, North 
Charleston, SC 29405; Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203 
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607; and Caribbean Fishery 
Management Council, 268 Munoz Rivera Ave., Suite 1108, San Juan, Puerto 
Rico 00918.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, Science and 
Statistics Program Manager, 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

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process, establishes assessment priorities, and provides coordination 
of assessment and management activities.
    During this conference call the Steering Committee will discuss 
assessment scheduling for 2010, including changes in the completion 
dates for updates, the addition of a Goliath Grouper benchmark 
assessment, and additional Gulf of Mexico tilefish stocks to be 
assessed during SEDAR 22. The Committee will receive updates on 
procedural workshops addressing uncertainty and historic catch 
estimates. The Committee will discuss stocks to update for the Gulf of 
Mexico in 2011, timing of a future South Atlantic tilefish assessment, 
and the type of assessment to be conducted next for Gulf red snapper. 
The Committee will discuss progress on procedural changes implemented 
in 2010 and receive feedback from the Councils on the proposed changes. 
The Committee will discuss revised guidelines addressing conflict of 
interest policies for scientific reviewers and consider whether SEDAR 
policy changes are required.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions 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 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 at the address listed above at least 5 business days prior to 
the meeting.

    Dated: January 12, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-648 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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