[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 62 (Friday, April 2, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 17370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06834]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA976]


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 Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel (AP) April 21-23, 
2021.

DATES: The Snapper Grouper AP will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on 
April 21; from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 22, and from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. 
on April 23, 2021.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar.

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 meeting is open to the public and 
will be available via webinar as it occurs. 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.
    The Snapper Grouper AP will discuss and provide recommendations on 
the following topics: Potential Council actions for yellowtail snapper 
and snowy grouper in response to recent or upcoming stock assessments; 
management actions considered for red porgy through Amendment 50 to the 
Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP); actions considered for 
greater amberjack through Snapper Grouper Amendment 49; possible 
approaches to reduce recreational discards; the South Atlantic Research 
and Monitoring Prioritization Plan for 2022-2027, and other topics as 
needed. In addition, the AP will provide information to develop a 
Fishery Performance Report for mutton snapper. The AP will also receive 
updates on Snapper Grouper Amendment 48 considering modernization of 
Wreckfish Individual Transferable Quota (ITQ) program and revised 
objectives for the Snapper Grouper FMP, ongoing and upcoming South 
Atlantic Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) stock assessment 
projects, the Council's Citizen Science Program initiatives, and other 
items as needed.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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 30, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-06834 Filed 4-1-21; 8:45 am]
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