[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 16077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05789]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RTID 0648-XA084


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Information and Education Advisory Panel (AP) on 
April 14-15, 2020 and the Snapper Grouper AP from April 15-17, 2020.

DATES: The Information and Education AP will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 
5:30 p.m. on April 14 and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. on April 15, 
2020. The Snapper Grouper AP will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on 
April 15, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on April 16, and from 8:30 a.m. 
until 12 noon on April 17, 2020.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza, 
4831 Tanger Outlet Boulevard, North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: 
(843) 744-4472.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29406.

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 AP meetings are open to the public and 
will be available via webinar as they occur. Registration is required. 
Webinar registration information, a public comment form, and other 
meeting materials will be posted to the Council's website at: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/current-advisory-panel-meetings/ as it becomes 
available.
    Please note that the evolving public health situation regarding 
COVID-19 may affect the conduct of the advisory panel meetings. At the 
time this notice was submitted for publication, we anticipated the 
advisory panel meetings would be conducted as planned, in person, and 
without opportunities for remote participation other than the webinar 
availability as noted above. Council staff will monitor COVID-19 
developments and will determine if there is a need to allow some 
additional level of remote participation or other contingency plan such 
as postponement of non-essential agenda items. If such measures are 
deemed necessary, Council staff will post notice of them prominently on 
our website (www.safmc.net). Potential meeting participants are 
encouraged to check the South Atlantic Council's website frequently for 
such information and updates.

Information and Education Advisory Panel

    Agenda items for the Information and Education AP meeting include: 
An update on the Council's outreach and education efforts addressing 
best fishing practices and new electronic reporting regulations for the 
for-hire sector; updates on electronic reporting, the Fish Rules mobile 
application for fishing regulations, and Citizen Science projects; and 
an overview of regulations addressing Sargassum in the South Atlantic.

Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel

    The Snapper Grouper AP meeting agenda will include the following: 
An update on recent regulations and amendments to fishery management 
plans currently under Secretarial review; presentations on shark 
depredation and the South Atlantic Ecosystem Status Report; and updates 
on Spawning Special Management Zones, the Southeast Data, Assessment 
and Review (SEDAR) Stock Assessment program, the Council's Citizen 
Science Program, and the MyFishCount recreational fishing reporting 
pilot program. The AP will also receive an overview of Regulatory 
Amendment 34 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan addressing 
Special Management Zones in North Carolina and South Carolina and 
provide recommendations, develop Fishery Performance Reports for 
species within the Snapper Grouper management complex as needed, and 
provide recommendations to assist in evaluating the need for 
conservation and management of Cubera Snapper, Margate, Sailor's 
Choice, Coney, Yellowfin Grouper, and Saucereye Porgy.
    The advisory panels will discuss other agenda items as necessary 
and develop recommendations for committee consideration as appropriate.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office 
(see ADDRESSES) 5 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: March 16, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-05789 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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