[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05374]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE487


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council (Council)--Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel Meeting

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

ACTION: Meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils 
Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP).

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) will 
hold a meeting of its Snapper Grouper AP in North Charleston, South 
Carolina.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, and 
end at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, to view the agenda, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 4831 
Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; phone 877/227-6963 or 
843/744-4422; fax 843/744-4472.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, SAFMC; phone 843/571-4366 or toll free 866/SAFMC-10; FAX 843/
769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The items of discussion in the meeting agenda are as follows:
    1. The AP will receive updates on the status of fishery management 
plan amendments under development and recently implemented and stock 
assessments underway for four species in the snapper grouper management 
complex.
    2. The AP will review and provide recommendations as appropriate on 
the following amendments currently under development:
    a. Amendment 37 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan 
addressing the management of hogfish;
    b. Amendment 41 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan 
addressing management measures for mutton snapper; and
    c. For-Hire Electronic Reporting Amendment.
    3. The AP will receive updates on the draft Allocations Amendment 
(for yellowtail snapper) and a draft amendment resulting from Visioning 
Project.
    4. The AP will receive an update on the January 2016 Citizen 
Science Workshop.
    5. The AP will elect a new chair and vice-chair.

Special Accommodations

    This 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.


    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

     Dated: March 7, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-05374 Filed 3-9-16; 8:45 am]
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