[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18854]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD298]


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 meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Wreckfish Advisory Group and Wreckfish Sub-
Committee. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda items.

DATES: The Wreckfish Advisory Group meeting will be held September 19, 
2023, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. EDT. The Wreckfish Sub-Committee meeting 
will be held September 20, 2023, from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. EDT.

ADDRESSES: 
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Renaissance World 
Golf Village Resort, 500 South Legacy Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32092; 
phone: (904) 940-8000. The meeting 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 meeting at: https://safmc.net/workgroups/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Wiegand, Fishery Social 
Scientists, SAFMC; phone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; 
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wreckfish Advisory Group will discuss 
Amendment 48 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Snapper Grouper 
Fishery of the South Atlantic (Amendment 48) addressing modernization 
of the wreckfish individual transferable quota (ITQ) program, and 
discuss other business as needed. The Wreckfish Sub-Committee will 
discuss Amendment 48 and input received from the Wreckfish Advisory 
Group. Current actions under consideration in Amendment 48 include: 
sector allocations, electronic reporting, fishing season, ITQ 
participation and eligibility requirements, fishery monitoring 
requirements, and cost recovery.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aid 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: August 28, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18854 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P