[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 76563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26519]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE997


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 public meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC).

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SUMMARY: The Council will hold a meeting of its SSC to review the 
available data for Spiny Lobster and make recommendations for setting 
the Overfishing Limit (OFL) and Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC).

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held via webinar on Monday, November 21, 
2016, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to 
members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact 
Mike Errigo at the Council office (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) 
to request an invitation providing webinar access information. Please 
request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of the 
webinar.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Errigo; 4055 Faber Place Drive, 
Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571-4366 or toll 
free (866) SAFMC-10; fax (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is held to review the available 
data for Spiny Lobster and make recommendations for OFL and ABC. The 
SSC decided at their October 18-20, 2016 meeting in Charleston, SC that 
they did not have enough information to make recommendations of OFL and 
ABC for Spiny Lobster and requested a webinar be held to review the 
available information.
    Items to be addressed during this meeting:
    Review the available information for Spiny Lobster and provide 
recommendations of OFL and ABC for the Spiny Lobster fishery.

Special Accommodations

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

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

    Dated: October 28, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-26519 Filed 11-2-16; 8:45 am]
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