[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 125 (Friday, June 30, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29844-29845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-13662]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF304


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and 
Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings; Cancellation

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

ACTION: Notice of change of schedule for SEDAR 56 South Atlantic Black 
Sea Bass Assessment Webinars.

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SUMMARY: The SEDAR 56 assessment of the South Atlantic stock of black 
seabass will consist of a series webinars. Due to changes to the 
schedule for the stock assessment, webinars scheduled for Thursday, 
July 20, 2017 and Wednesday, August 16, 2017 have been cancelled. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: This notice serves to cancel the previously scheduled July 20, 
2017 and August 16, 2017 webinars.

ADDRESSES: SEDAR address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 
4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; 
www.sedarweb.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 
571-4366; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice published in the Federal 
Register on March 29, 2017 (82 FR 15495).
    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. The product of the SEDAR webinar series will be a report which 
compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets 
are appropriate for assessment analyses, and describes the fisheries, 
evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 
projects future population conditions, and recommends research and 
monitoring needs. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the 
Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management 
Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, Highly Migratory 
Species Management Division, and Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 
Participants include: Data collectors and database managers; stock 
assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency 
representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and non-
governmental organizations (NGOs); international experts; and staff of 
Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies.
    During its June 2017 meeting, the South Atlantic Fishery Management

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Council made a decision to change the terminal year for the data used 
on the stock assessment for the South Atlantic black sea bass stock. 
The decision affects the schedule for the stock assessment and 
consequently, the scheduled webinars as previously published in the 
Federal Register. An updated schedule will be published once the 
details are available.

    Dated: June 26, 2017.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-13662 Filed 6-29-17; 8:45 am]
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