[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19765-19766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-09191]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XH022


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's will hold a 
meeting of its Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management 
Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management AP meeting 
will take place May 21, 2019, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and May 22, 
2019, from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at Crowne Plaza, 
4831 Tanger Outlet Blvd., Charleston, SC 29418; phone: (866) 358-6255 
or (843) 744-4422.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information 
Officer, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax: 
(843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    The Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management AP meeting is 
open to the public and will be available via webinar as it occurs. 
Registration is required. Webinar registration information and other 
meeting materials will be posted to the

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Council's website at: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/current-advisory-panel-meetings/ as it becomes available.
    The Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management AP meeting 
agenda includes the following: South Atlantic Deep Water Ecosystem 
Mapping/Characterization--2019 Activities; ecosystem considerations--
prey supporting Dolphin Wahoo fisheries; the Council's Citizen Science 
Program; the Southeast Connectivity and Adaptation Strategy; State 
activities addressing climate resiliency; documenting occurrence and 
impacts of extreme weather events; energy development activities in the 
South Atlantic; regional fishery independent research update; NOAA 
Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management activities for the South 
Atlantic region: Status and timelines for completion of deliverables 
supporting the Council's Fishery Ecosystem Plan (EFP) II; and the FEP 
II Implementation Plan--Two Year Roadmap. The AP meeting will include a 
lunch webinar on Anthropogenic Sound Sources--Pile Driving and Wind 
Turbines. The AP will also discuss applying innovative technologies to 
characterize fish habitat and spawning events; Southeast Coastal Ocean 
Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) Regional Coastal Ocean 
Observing Plan; and the South Atlantic Ecopath with Ecosim Model. The 
AP will develop recommendations as necessary for consideration by the 
Council's Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management Committee.

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: May 1, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-09191 Filed 5-3-19; 8:45 am]
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