[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 57 (Friday, March 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17817-17818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06110]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC866]


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 meetings.

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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) on April 17 and 18, 
2023. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet on April 
18-20, 2023.

DATES: The SEP meeting will be held from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. EDT on 
April 17, 2023 and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. on April 18, 2023. The 
SSC meeting will be held from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. EDT on April 18, 
2023, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on April 19, 2023 and

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from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. on April 20, 2023.

ADDRESSES: 
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country 
Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (843) 571-
1000. 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/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meeting/.

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 discussing the development of a 
port meeting series for the king and Spanish mackerel fisheries, the 
Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for the snapper grouper fishery in 
the South Atlantic region, and potential improvements to economic 
analysis of recreational fisheries. The SEP will also provide feedback 
on Council research recommendations. The SEP will receive two 
presentations, one from NOAA Fisheries Southeast Regional Office (SERO) 
on socio-economic impacts of COVID, and one from NOAA Fisheries 
Southeast Fishery Science Center (SEFSC) on red snapper discard 
research. SEP members also will receive updates on recent Council 
amendments and the Council's Citizen Science Program. The SEP will 
provide recommendations for SSC and Council consideration.

Scientific and Statistical Committee

    The SSC meeting agenda includes the review and catch level 
recommendations for the SEDAR (Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review) 
76 Black Sea Bass Operational Assessment, SEDAR 78 Spanish Mackerel 
Operational Assessment, and SEDAR 68 Atlantic Scamp Operational 
Assessment. The SSC will review the Council's Research and Monitoring 
Plan, a new SEFSC landings and discards projections methodology, the 
deep-water coral distribution model, and a portfolio analysis for 
ecosystem approaches. The SSC will receive updates on the South 
Atlantic Greater Amberjack Research Project, vermillion snapper interim 
analysis, Southeast Reef Fish Survey 2022 trends report, multi-hook 
gear analysis, and a pandemic impacts report. The SSC is scheduled to 
form two new workgroups and will 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: March 21, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-06110 Filed 3-23-23; 8:45 am]
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