[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 67 (Thursday, April 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20392-20393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07382]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB927]


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 will hold a 
meeting of the Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) on April 25-26, 2022 and the 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) on April 26-28, 2022.

DATES: The SEP meeting will be held April 25-26, 2022. The meeting will 
be held from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. EDT on April 25, and from 9 a.m. until 
12 p.m. on April 26. The SSC meeting will be held April 26-28, 2022. 
The SSC meeting will be held from 1:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. EDT on 
April 26, from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on April 27, and from 8 a.m. 
until 12 p.m. on April 28, 2022.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country 
Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (884) 201-
3033.
    The meetings will also be available via webinar. Registration is 
required. Webinar registration, an online public comment form, and 
briefing book materials will be available two weeks prior to the 
meetings at: https://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meetings.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Hadley, Fishery Management Plan 
Coordinator, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; 
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

SSC Socio-Economic Panel

    The SEP meeting agenda includes: Review and discussion of the 
Allocation Decision Tree, a tool that incorporates biological, 
economic, and social information into allocation decision making; 
review and discussion of a lexicon for best fishing practices outreach 
and social and economic analyses that could be considered when 
evaluating management techniques for reducing regulatory releases and 
release mortality; and presentations from NOAA Fisheries' Southeast 
Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) staff on alternative mechanisms for 
distributing fish to the recreational sector and on the South Atlantic 
golden tilefish fishery. SEP members will receive updates on recent 
Council amendments and the Council's Citizen Science Program. The SEP 
will provide recommendations for SSC and Council consideration as 
appropriate.

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Scientific and Statistical Committee

    The SSC meeting agenda includes: Review and discussion of a report 
from the SSC's workgroup for catch level projections; framework for the 
reduction of release mortality of snapper-grouper species; an interim 
analysis strategy presented by the SEFSC; overviews of the methods for 
estimating the abundance of red snapper in the South Atlantic and 
greater amberjack in the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico; updates 
from fishery-independent surveys conducted by NOAA and the South 
Carolina Department of Natural Resources; and recent updates to goliath 
grouper data and indices. The SSC will also review and provide comments 
on the Southeast Data Assessment and Review (SEDAR) terms of reference 
and scopes of work for several South Atlantic species, receive updates 
on South Atlantic fishery management plan amendments, and discuss other 
business as needed.

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: April 4, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-07382 Filed 4-6-22; 8:45 am]
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