[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19852]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD431


Marine Recreational Fisheries of the United States; Southeast 
Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP) 
Calibration Workshop.

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SUMMARY: SEDAR and NOAA Fisheries Service will convene a workshop to 
consider calibration methods for recent changes in methods employed by 
MRIP for estimating marine recreational fisheries harvest. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The meetings will be held from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. on September 8, 
2014; 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 9, 2014, and 8:30 a.m. to 12 
p.m. on September 10, 2014. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The MRIP Calibration Workshop will be held at the Crowne 
Plaza Airport Hotel, 4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 
29418; telephone: (800) 503-5762 or (843) 744-4422; fax: (843) 744-
4472.
    SEDAR address: SEDAR, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, Science and 
Statistics Program Manager, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 
Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items will be discussed during 
this meeting.
    1 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2014-12 p.m. Wednesday, September 10, 
2014:
    1. Review methods and results of MRIP Calibration Workshop I.
    2. Review MRIP Pilot Study of new Access Point Angler Intercept 
Survey (APAIS) sampling design.
    3. Review 2013-14 Coastwide Implementation of New APAIS design.
    4. Review Analytical methods used to evaluate APAIS design change 
effects on MRIP catch statistics.
    5. Review of analytical results for Gulf red snapper and selected 
additional species stocks.
    6. Consideration of other possible analytical approaches.
    7. Assessment of possible methods for calibrating pre-2013 MRIP 
catch statistics.
    8. Testing of alternative calibration approaches.
    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

    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 Council office, 
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 
telephone: (843) 571-4366, at least 5 business days prior to the 
workshop.

    Dated: August 18, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-19852 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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