[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 31 (Thursday, February 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 4049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-02320]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG658
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 of the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC).
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SUMMARY: The Council will hold a meeting of its SSC to review the
revision assessments for Blueline Tilefish, Red Grouper, Black Sea
Bass, and Vermilion Snapper conducted by NMFS Southeast Fisheries
Science Center (SEFSC) staff using the newly calibrated Marine
Recreational Information Program (MRIP) catch estimates. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SSC meeting will be held via webinar on Monday, February 25,
2019, from 9 a.m. until 1 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 revision
assessments for Blueline Tilefish, Red Grouper, Black Sea Bass, and
Vermilion Snapper conducted by SEFSC staff using the newly calibrated
MRIP catch estimates. The MRIP survey has undergone two major changes
in recent years, both requiring calibration of the historic time
series. In 2013 a change to the Access Point Angler Intercept Survey
(APAIS) was implemented, changing how catch information was collected.
In 2015, MRIP implemented side by side surveys of both the existing
telephone-based Coastal Household Telephone Survey (CHTS) and the new
mail-based Fishing Effort Survey (FES). The FES was fully implemented
in 2018, changing how effort data was collected. Calibrations models
were developed, and peer reviewed for these two methodology changes and
subsequently used to calibrate the original MRIP catch estimates,
transforming them from the old APAIS/CHTS currency into the new APAIS/
FES currency. The SEFSC replaced the MRIP data in four recent
assessments (Blueline Tilefish, Red Grouper, Black Sea Bass, and
Vermilion Snapper) with the newly calibrated MRIP estimates, reran the
assessments and presented the results to the SSC at their October 15-
17, 2018 meeting in Charleston, SC. At that time, the SSC felt they did
not have enough information to provide an adequate review of these
revision assessments and asked to meet at a later date when all the
information they requested could be provided.
Items to be addressed during this meeting:
1. Review the revision assessments and recommend if they are best
scientific information available and usable for management.
2. Discuss what impacts the revised data had on the measures of
assessment uncertainty.
3. Identify any additional analyses or information necessary to
support making fishing level recommendations at the next meeting.
4. Provide any other comments or 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: February 11, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-02320 Filed 2-13-19; 8:45 am]
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