[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 225 (Friday, November 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55806-55807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25334]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE477


SAW-SARC 64 Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS and the Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop 
(SAW) will convene the 64th SAW Stock Assessment Review Committee for 
the purpose of reviewing the stock assessment of Atlantic mackerel. The 
Northeast Regional SAW is a formal scientific peer-review process for 
evaluating and presenting stock assessment results to managers for fish 
stocks in the offshore U.S. waters of the northwest Atlantic. 
Assessments are prepared by SAW working groups and reviewed by an 
independent panel of stock assessment experts called the Stock 
Assessment Review Committee, or SARC. The public is invited to attend 
the presentations and discussions between the review panel and the 
scientists who have participated in the stock assessment process.

DATES: The public portion of the Stock Assessment Review Committee 
Meeting will be held from November 28, 2017-November 30, 2017. The 
meeting will commence on November 28, 2017 at 10 a.m. Eastern Standard 
Time. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the daily meeting 
agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the S.H. Clark Conference Room 
in the Aquarium Building of the National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), 166 Water Street, Woods 
Hole, MA 02543.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Sheena Steiner, 508-495-2177; email: 
[email protected]; or, James

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Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the 
NEFSC Web site at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov. For additional information 
about the SARC meeting and the stock assessment review of Atlantic 
mackerel, please visit the NMFS/NEFSC SAW Web page at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.

DAILY MEETING AGENDA--SAW/SARC 64 Benchmark Stock Assessment for 
Atlantic mackerel. (Subject to Change; All times are approximate and 
may be changed at the discretion of the SARC Chair)

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

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10 a.m.-10:30 a.m...............  Welcome             James Weinberg,
                                   Introductions.      SAW Chair.
10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m............  Atlantic mackerel   Kiersten Curti.
                                   (AM) Assessment
                                   Presentation.
12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.............  Lunch.............
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m..............  AM Presentation     Kiersten Curti.
                                   (cont.).
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m..............  Break.............
3:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m..............  AM SARC Discussion  John Boreman, SARC
                                                       Chair.
5:45 p.m.-6 p.m.................  Public Comment
                                   Period.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

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9:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.............  Revisit with AM     John Boreman.
                                   presenters.
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m............  Break.............
11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m............  Revisit with AM     John Boreman.
                                   presenters.
11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m............  Public Comment....
12:00-1:15 p.m..................  Lunch.............
1:15 p.m.-4:00 p.m..............  Review/Edit         John Boreman.
                                   Assessment
                                   Summary Report.
4:00 p.m.-4:15 p.m..............  Break.............
4:15 p.m.-5:00 p.m..............  SARC Report
                                   Writing.
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Thursday, November 30, 2017

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9 a.m.-5 p.m................  SARC Report      .........................
                               Writing.
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    The meeting is open to the public; however, during the ``SARC 
Report Writing'' sessions on November 29th and 30th, the public should 
not engage in discussion with the SARC.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Special requests should be directed to Sheena Steiner at the NEFSC, 
508-495-2177, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 17, 2017.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-25334 Filed 11-22-17; 8:45 am]
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