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be restricted to those issues specifically 

listed in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Data and 

Assessment Workshops for South 

Atlantic black sea bass (Centropristis 

striata) and golden tilefish (Lopholatilus 

chamaeleonticeps). 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of 

the South Atlantic stock of black sea 

bass and golden tilefish will consist of 

a series of three workshops: A Data 

Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, 

and a Review Workshop. The Review 

Workshop date, time, and location will 

publish in a subsequent issue in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: The Data Workshop will take 

place April 26–28, 2011; the Assessment 

Workshop will take place June 21–23, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be 

held at the Marriott Lockwood, 170 

Lockwood Boulevard, Charleston, SC 

29403; telephone: (800) 968–3569. The 

Assessment Workshop will be held in 

the auditorium at the NOAA Center for 

Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, 

101 Pivers Island Rd, Beaufort, NC 

28516; telephone: (252) 728–8607. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari 

Fenske, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366; e-mail: 

kari.fenske@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR includes 

three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) 

Stock Assessment Workshop and (3) 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Data Workshop is a data report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses. The product of the Stock 

Assessment Workshop is a stock 

assessment report which describes the 

fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The assessment is 

independently peer reviewed at the 

Review Workshop. The product of the 

Review Workshop is a Consensus 

Summary documenting Panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and State 

and Federal agencies. 

SEDAR 25 Workshop Schedule 

April 26–28, 2011; SEDAR 25 Data 

Workshop 

April 26, 2011: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.; April 27, 

2011: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; April 28, 2011: 

8 a.m.–1 p.m. 

An assessment data set and associated 

documentation will be developed 

during the Data Workshop. Participants 

will evaluate all available data and 

select appropriate sources for providing 

information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance, as specified in the Terms of 

Reference for the workshop. 

June 21–23, 2011; SEDAR 25 

Assessment Workshop 

June 21, 2011: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.; June 22, 

2011: 8 a.m.–8 p.m.; June 23, 2011: 8 

a.m.–1 p.m. 

Using datasets provided by the Data 

Workshop, participants will develop 

population models to evaluate stock 

status, estimate population benchmarks 

and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria, 

and project future conditions, as 

specified in the Terms of Reference. 

Participants will recommend the most 

appropriate methods and configurations 

for determining stock status and 

estimating population parameters. 

Participants will prepare a workshop 

report, compare and contrast various 

assessment approaches, and determine 

whether the assessments are adequate 

for submission to the review panel. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 10 business 

days prior to each workshop. 

Dated: March 10, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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