[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 24, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16617-16618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06157]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA090]


South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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's Socio-
Economic Panel (SEP) from April 8-9, 2020.

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DATES: The meeting will be held via webinar April 8, 2020, from 1:30 
p.m. until 5 p.m. and April 9, 2020, from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    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 following agenda items will be 
addressed by the SEP during the meeting:
    1. Update on recent and developing Council actions;
    2. Updates on the Council's Citizen Science Program and Fishstory 
pilot project;
    3. Coastal Migratory Pelagics historical documents project update,
    4. Southeast Fisheries Science Center technical memorandum on the 
economics of the commercial king and Spanish mackerel fishery;
    5. Allocations for multi-use fisheries;
    6. Best fishing practices outreach and persuasion;
    7. MyFishCount recreational reporting project survey results and 
final report.
    The SEP will provide guidance to staff and recommendations for SSC 
and Council consideration as necessary. The meeting is open to the 
public and webinar registration is required. Information regarding 
webinar registration will be posted to the Council's website at: 
https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meetings/ as it becomes available. The meeting agenda, briefing book 
materials, and online comment form will be posted to the Council's 
website two weeks prior to the meeting. Written comment on SEP agenda 
topics is to be distributed to the Panel through the Council office, 
similar to all other briefing materials. Written comment to be 
considered by the SEP shall be provided to the Council office no later 
than one week prior to an SEP meeting. For this meeting, the deadline 
for submission of written comment is 12 p.m., Monday, April 1, 2020.
    Multiple opportunities for comment on agenda items will be provided 
during the SEP meeting. Open comment periods will be provided at the 
start of the meeting and near the conclusion. Those interested in 
providing comment should indicate such in the manner requested by the 
Chair, who will then recognize individuals to provide comment. 
Additional opportunities for comment on specific agenda items will be 
provided, as each item is discussed, between initial presentations and 
SEP discussion. Those interested in providing comment should indicate 
such in the manner requested by the Chair, who will then recognize 
individuals to provide comment. All comments are part of the record of 
the meeting.

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 public hearings.

    Note:  The times and sequence specified in this agenda are 
subject to change.


    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 19, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06157 Filed 3-23-20; 8:45 am]
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