[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 Coastal Migratory Pelagics historical documents project update,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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