[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18213-18214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06801]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA097]


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 its Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management 
Advisory Panel (AP).

DATES: The AP meeting will be conducted via webinar on Wednesday, April 
22, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held via webinar.
    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 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 Council's website at: http://safmc.net/safmc-
meetings/current-

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advisory-panel-meetings/ as it becomes available.
    The Habitat AP meeting agenda includes the following:
    Updates on NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management 
Activities for the South Atlantic Region including the development of a 
South Atlantic Ecosystem Status Report and a South Atlantic Climate 
Vulnerability Analysis; NOAA Mapping and Characterization of South 
Atlantic Deep Water Ecosystems.
    AP members will also receive a status report on the Council action 
to designate Bullet and Frigate Mackerel as Ecosystem Component Species 
to the Dolphin Wahoo Fishery Management Plan and a report from Council/
NOAA Fisheries Essential Fish Habitat Consultation and Regional 
Innovations Workshop. The AP will receive updates on the following: The 
South Atlantic Ecopath with Ecosim Model and Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) Workgroup Review and Development of Ecospace; the Kitty 
Hawk Wind Project; Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional 
Association (SECOORA) Products associated with extreme events and 2021 
IOOS (Integrated Ocean Observing System) proposal: And Fishery 
Independent Research in the South Atlantic Region through the Southeast 
Reef Fish Survey (SERFS).
    The AP will develop recommendations as necessary for consideration 
by the Council's Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based Management 
Committee.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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: March 27, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06801 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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