[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57431-57432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24956]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG233
Northeast Regional Stock Assessment Workshop and Stock Assessment
Review Committee 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 66th SAW Stock Assessment Review Committee for
the purpose of reviewing stock assessments of Summer Flounder and
Striped Bass. 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 27, 2018-November 30, 2018. The
meeting will commence on November 27, 2018 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: James Weinberg, 508-495-2352; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For further information, please visit the
NEFSC website at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov. For additional information
about the SARC meeting and the stock assessment review, please visit
the NMFS/NEFSC SAW web page at http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/saw/.
Daily Meeting Agenda--SAW/SARC 66 Benchmark Stock Assessment for Summer
Flounder and Striped Bass (Subject to Change; All Times Are Approximate
and May Be Changed at the Discretion of the SARC Chair)
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
10 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Welcome Introductions, James Weinberg, SAW Chair;
and Robert Latour, SARC Chair
10:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Summer Flounder Assessment Presentation, Mark
Terceiro
12:45 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Summer Flounder Presentation (cont.), Mark Terceiro
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m. Break
4 p.m.-5:45 p.m. Summer Flounder SARC Discussion, Robert Latour, SARC
Chair
5:45 p.m.-6 p.m. Public Comment Period
Wednesday, November 28, 2018
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Striped Bass Assessment Presentation, Katie Drew
10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.-12:30 a.m. Striped Bass presentation (cont.), Katie Drew
12:30-1:30 p.m.--Lunch
1:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Striped Bass SARC Discussion, Robert Latour, SARC
Chair
3:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Public comments
3:45 p.m.-4 p.m. Break
4 p.m.-6 p.m. Revisit with Presenters (Summer Flounder), Robert Latour,
SARC Chair
Thursday, November 29, 2018
8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Revisit with Presenters (Striped Bass), Robert
Latour, SARC Chair
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10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m.-12:15p.m. Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report (Summer
Flounder), Robert Latour, SARC Chair
12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m.-2:45 p.m. Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report (Summer
Flounder), Robert Latour, SARC Chair
2:45 p.m.-3 p.m. Break
3 p.m.-6 p.m. Review/Edit Assessment Summary Report (Striped Bass),
Robert Latour, SARC Chair
Friday, November 30, 2018
9 a.m.-5 p.m. SARC Report Writing
The meeting is open to the public; however, during the `SARC Report
Writing' session on Friday November 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 James Weinberg at the NEFSC,
508-495-2352, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 2, 2018.
Karen H. Abrams,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-24956 Filed 11-14-18; 8:45 am]
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