[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 17535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08327]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG118


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 a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and 
Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) to review the seasonal autoregressive 
integrated moving average (SARIMA) model proposed for use by the 
Southeast Regional Office (SERO) staff to conduct management analyses. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The SSC and SEP meeting will be held via webinar on Monday, May 
7, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: 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 SARIMA 
model proposed for use in management analyses by SERO staff. The SSC 
decided at their October 24-26, 2017 meeting in Charleston, SC that the 
complexity of the SARIMA model made it less favorable as a management 
tool. They also determined that the method using the last 3 years of 
fishery data was likely more representative of the current fishery than 
using the entire time series, as was done in the SARIMA model. However, 
the SEP also reviewed the SARIMA model and concluded that in principle, 
the SARIMA model is superior to using average catch rates from the last 
3 years. The SEP's recommendation was to present both models to the 
Council as both have pros and cons.

Items to be addressed during this meeting
    Review the proposed SARIMA model and provide comments and 
recommendations as necessary.

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: April 17, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-08327 Filed 4-19-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P