[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64317-64318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25822]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC267


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; 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 South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) in North 
Charleston, SC.

DATES: The meeting will take place November 7-8, 2012. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4831 
Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (843) 744-
4422; fax: (843) 744-4472.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 
Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or 
toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the Snapper Grouper AP will meet 
from 9 a.m. on November 7, 2012, until 3 p.m. on November 8, 2012.
    The meeting will address updates from the October 2012 Scientific 
and Statistical Committee (SSC) Meeting, including: Results of the 
vermilion snapper and red porgy assessments and the yellowtail snapper 
benchmark assessment; and the probability of rebuilding for black sea 
bass. Additionally, the AP will receive updates on recently completed 
amendments and provide input on developing amendments, including: 
Regulatory Amendment 13, which would adjust Annual Catch Limits (ACLs) 
for unassessed snapper grouper species to incorporate revised 
recreational landings estimates based on the Marine Recreational 
Information Program (MRIP); Regulatory Amendment 15, which contains 
measures that would allow future harvest of red snapper, adjust the 
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC), ACLs, and Annual Catch Target (ACT) 
for yellowtail snapper based on the most recent stock assessment as 
well as

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modify the Accountability Measure (AM) for gag that prohibits the 
harvest of shallow water groupers species when the gag ACL is met; and 
Amendment 27, which would address management measures for blue runner. 
Amendment 27 would also transfer management responsibility of 
yellowtail snapper, mutton snapper and Nassau grouper from the Gulf of 
Mexico Fishery Management Council to the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council and make revisions to the framework process to 
minimize regulatory delay when adjustments to the ABC, ACLs, and ACTs 
are needed. The AP will provide recommendations to the Council on 
visioning and long-term strategic planning for the snapper grouper 
fishery and address other business as needed.
    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 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

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office 
(see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.

    Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Dated: October 16, 2012.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-25822 Filed 10-18-12; 8:45 am]
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