[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 121 (Thursday, June 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 27282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11810]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council); Public 
Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's 
Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Council will hold a meeting of the Habitat and Ecosystem 
Advisory Panel Tuesday, July 15, 2025 through Thursday, July 17, 2025.

DATES: The Habitat and Ecosystem Advisory Panel (AP) meeting will be 
held July 15, 2025, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.; July 16, 2025, from 8:30 
a.m. until 4:30 p.m.; and July 17, 2025, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 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 Doubletree by 
Hilton North Charleston Convention Center, 5264 International Blvd., 
North Charleston, SC 29418. 843-576-0300.
    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/advisory-panel-meetings/.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Habitat and Ecosystem AP will discuss 
the revisions to the Council's Alterations to Riverine, Estuarine and 
Nearshore Flows Policy and the Food Webs and Connectivity Policy. The 
AP will also discuss the impact of activities related to space 
exploration off the Florida coast on habitat. The AP will receive their 
annual summary of projects that were commented on by the Habitat 
Conservation Division of NOAA and a summary from the National Centers 
for Coastal Ocean Science on Beneficial Use projects and their impacts 
on habitat. AP members will receive a presentation on fish mortality 
that occurred within the vicinity of Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind 
construction as well as a presentation on the habitat impacts of 
telecommunication subsea fiber cables to inform the AP of potential 
impacts future wind energy development may have on the surrounding 
South Atlantic habitat. The AP will receive an update on the Council's 
Resilient Fisheries Projects and Changing Ecosystems and Fisheries 
projects, review the Habitat and Ecosystem AP outreach and 
communication plan, the AP work plan, and discuss an approach for the 
next Essential Fish Habitat 5-year review. The AP will provide 
recommendations 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) five (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: June 24, 2025
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-11810 Filed 6-25-25; 8:45 am]
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