[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39918-39919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16967]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XX50


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and 
Review (SEDAR); South Atlantic red snapper.

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

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 24 Assessment Webinars 3 & 4 and Review 
Workshop for South Atlantic red snapper.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessment of the South Atlantic stock of red 
snapper will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: a Data 
Workshop, a series of Assessment webinars, and a Review

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Workshop. This is the twenty-fourth SEDAR. This is notice of the 
Assessment Webinar and Review Workshop components of SEDAR 24. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: Assessment Webinar 3 will take place August 13, 2010. Assessment 
Webinar 4 will take place August 24, 2010. The Review Workshop will 
take place October 12-14, 2010. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The Assessment Webinars will be held live online via an 
internet based conferencing service. The Webinars may be attended by 
the public. Those interested in participating should contact Kari 
Fenske at SEDAR. See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to request an 
invitation providing webinar access information.
    The Review Workshop will be held at the Hilton DeSoto, 15 East 
Liberty St., Savannah, GA 31401; telephone: (912)232-9000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Fenske, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: 
(843) 571-4366; e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 a Data Workshop, a Stock 
Assessment Process and a Review Workshop. The product of the Data 
Workshop is a data report which compiles and evaluates potential 
datasets and recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment 
analyses. The product of the Stock Assessment Process 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 is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. 
The product of the Review Workshop is a Peer Review Evaluation Report 
documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of 
the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops 
and Assessment Process are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils; the Atlantic and 
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions; and NOAA Fisheries Southeast 
Regional Office and Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Participants 
include data collectors and database managers; stock assessment 
scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives 
including fishermen, environmentalists, and NGO's; International 
experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state and federal 
agencies.

SEDAR 24 Assessment Webinar 3 Schedule:

August 13, 2010: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.

    Assessment panelists will: (1) discuss red snapper model 
exploratory runs (sensitivities), (2) select a preferred model, (3) 
review final model runs, results, (4) provide guidance on model 
projections, (5) characterize and quantify model uncertainty, and (6) 
recommend status determination. Workshop panelists will document their 
findings and recommendations in an Assessment Workshop Report that will 
be made available to the public.

SEDAR 24 Assessment Webinar 4 Schedule:

August 24, 2010: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

    Assessment panelists will review the Assessment Report.

SEDAR 24 Review Workshop Schedule:

October 12, 2010: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; October 13, 2010: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; 
October 14, 2010: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    The Review Workshop is an independent peer review of the 
assessments developed during the SEDAR 24 Data Workshop and Assessment 
Process. Workshop Panelists will review the assessment and document 
their comments and recommendations in a Peer Review Evaluation Report.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed 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

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES) 
at least 5 business days prior to each workshop.

    Dated: July 7, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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