[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 66 (Thursday, April 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23564-23565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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 Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel on April 22-
24, 2024, and a joint meeting of the Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp 
Advisory Panels on April 24-25, 2024.

DATES: The Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel (AP) meeting will be 
held April 22, 2024, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.; April 23, 2024, from 9 
a.m. until 5 p.m.; and April 24, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., EDT. 
The Joint Shrimp AP meeting will be held April 24, 2024, from 2 p.m. 
until 5 p.m. and April 25, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., EDT.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Crown Plaza, 4831 
Tanger Outlet Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; toll free: (866) 
SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520.
    Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.
    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 
meeting at: https://safmc.net/advisory-panel-meetings/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathleen Howington, Habitat and 
Ecosystem Scientist, [email protected]; phone: (843) 725-
7580 and Allie Iberle, Fishery Scientist, email: 
[email protected]; phone: (843) 225-8135.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel

    The Habitat and Ecosystem AP will review progress on the Essential 
Fish Habitat (EFH) 5-Year Review, review progress on integrating wind 
energy into the Council's Energy Policy, prepare an annual habitat 
activities report, review website progress, and receive an update on 
the Council's Citizen Science program. The AP will also discuss wind 
farm removal, Indian River Lagoon concerns, and the potential 
implications of Sackett vs Environmental Protection Agency. The AP will 
provide recommendations to the Council on other topics as needed.

Joint Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp Advisory Panels

    The Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp APs will receive an update on the 
Council's Citizen Science program and an update on Coral Amendment 10 
addressing the shrimp fishery access area along the eastern boundary of 
the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of Particular Concern. AP members will 
provide a fishery performance report for shrimp and discuss economic 
issues within the

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South Atlantic shrimp industry. The APs will review the Giant Manta Ray 
Biological Opinion from NOAA Fisheries and receive presentations from 
the Southern Shrimp Collaborative and the Shrimp Futures Project. The 
APs will provide input to the Council on other topics as needed.

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: April 1, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-07185 Filed 4-3-24; 8:45 am]
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