[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31575-31576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14265]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF515


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of meetings of the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Citizen Science Advisory Panel Action Teams.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold three meetings of its Citizen Science Advisory Panel Action Teams 
via webinar.

DATES: The meetings will be held July 24, 2017 at 7 p.m., July 27, 2017 
at 10 a.m., and July 27, 2017 at 1 p.m. Each meeting is scheduled to 
last approximately 90 minutes.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held via webinar and are open 
to members of the public to listen. Webinar registration is required 
and registration links will be posted to the Council's Web site at 
www.safmc.net.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Von Harten, Citizen Science 
Program Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302-8433 or toll free (866) SAFMC-
10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council is developing a Citizen Science Program. In March 2016, the 
Council adopted the Citizen Science Program Blueprint outlining 
specific program components needed to develop the Citizen Science 
Program. In the Citizen Science Program Blueprint, development of 
Action Teams in the areas of Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/
Topics Management, Finance, and Communication/Outreach/Education

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were identified as necessary program components. To develop these five 
program components the Council created the Citizen Science Advisory 
Panel Pool and appointed members of the advisory panel to serve on 
Action Teams (sub-panels) to specifically address each of the five 
program areas--Volunteers, Data Management, Projects/Topics Management, 
Finance, and Communication/Outreach/Education.
    The Council will hold three webinar meetings for members of the 
Citizen Science Advisory Panel Action Teams. The webinar meetings are 
being held to provide an introduction to the Council's Citizen Science 
program and the process and operation of the Action Teams. The three 
webinar meetings will cover the same agenda items and are being 
scheduled to address the availability of Action Team members.
    Items to be addressed during these meetings:
    1. The Council's Citizen Science Program development
    2. Operation and structure of the Action Teams
    3. Terms of Reference for each Action Team
    4. Schedule of Action Team webinar meetings

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: July 3, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-14265 Filed 7-6-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P