[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 27 (Thursday, February 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 9058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02828]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA864]


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 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 (Council) 
Citizen Science Program will hold two town hall meetings to assist in 
the development of a customizable citizen science mobile application 
via webinar March 9 and March 11, 2021.

DATES: The meetings via webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 
from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. and on Thursday, March 11, 2021, from 10 a.m. 
until 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held via webinar. The 
webinars are open to members of the public. Those interested in 
participating should contact Julia Byrd (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT) to request an invitation providing webinar access information. 
Please request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of each 
webinar.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Byrd, Citizen Science Program 
Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302-8433 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; 
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The role of citizen science is an evolving 
and potentially powerful tool to better understand marine fish 
populations. With that in mind, the South Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Citizen Science Program has partnered with the Atlantic 
Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program and the North Carolina Division 
of Marine Fisheries to develop a mobile application that encourages and 
supports the capture and sharing of information about Atlantic coast 
fish. The town hall meetings will be interactive to gain insights from 
stakeholders including fishermen, fisheries scientists, and fisheries 
managers. Interested participants will only need to attend one of the 
two meetings.
    Items of discussion at the town hall meetings are as follows:

1. Project introduction
2. Brainstorm and discuss insights from participants to identify what 
they consider to be the most useful information that could be captured 
and generated by a citizen science mobile application.

    The meeting end times are subject to change depending on attendance 
and discussions.

Special Accommodations

    These 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: February 8, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-02828 Filed 2-10-21; 8:45 am]
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