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Special Accommodations 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10 

days prior to the meeting date. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) 

Dated: November 23, 2020. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26238 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA655] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public meetings of the Council. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Monday, December 14, 2020, from 1:30 

p.m. to 4 p.m.; Tuesday, December 15, 

2020, from 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020, from 9 

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and, Thursday, 

December 17, 2020, from 9 a.m. to 1 

p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: Due to public health 

concerns related to the spread of 

COVID–19 (coronavirus), the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

December meeting will be conducted by 

webinar only. This webinar-based 

meeting replaces the in-person meeting 

previously scheduled to be held in 

Baltimore, MD. Please see the Council’s 

website (www.mafmc.org) for log-in 

procedures. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. The Council’s website, 

www.mafmc.org also has details on the 

meeting location, proposed agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items are on the agenda, 

though agenda items may be addressed 

out of order (changes will be noted on 

the Council’s website when possible.) 

Monday, December 14, 2020 

Executive Committee (CLOSED) 

Ricks E Savage Award. 

2021 Implementation Plan 

Review and approve 2021 

Implementation Plan. 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 

SSC Economic Work Group Report 

Review and select economic case 

study for development in 2021. 

Council Recusal Process 

Update on Habitat Activities 

NMFS Habitat Conservation Division 

review of regional projects of interest, 

including offshore wind projects and 

aquaculture and an update on the 

Regional Offshore Science Alliance. 

Scup 2021 Recreation Specifications 

Review recent fishery performance 

and recommendations from the 

Monitoring Committee and Advisory 

Panel and adopt recommendations for 

2021 federal waters recreational 

management measures. 

Black Sea Bass 2021 Recreational 

Specifications 

Review recent fishery performance 

and recommendations from the 

Monitoring Committee and Advisory 

Panel and recommend federal waters 

recreational management measures or 

Conservation Equivalency and 

associated measures for 2021. 

Summer Flounder 2021 Recreational 

Specifications 

Review recent fishery performance 

and recommendations from the 

Monitoring Committee and Advisory 

Panel and recommend Conservation 

Equivalency or coastwide management 

and associated measures for 2021. 

Bluefish 2021 Recreational 

Specifications 

Review recent fishery performance 

and recommendations from the 

Monitoring Committee and Advisory 

Panel and adopt recommendations for 

2021 federal waters recreational 

management measures. 

Bluefish Board Only: Technical 

Committee Report on Biological 

Monitoring Program 

Review effectiveness of the 

Addendum 1 sampling design. 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 

Recreational Reform Initiative 

Update and discuss next steps. 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Commercial/Recreational 

Allocation Amendment 

Review and approve joint draft public 

hearing document for public comment 

and (Board only) approve draft 

Commission amendment document for 

public comment. 

Black Sea Bass Commercial State 

Allocation Amendment and Draft 

Addendum XXXIII for Final Action 

Review public comment summary 

and AP input and consider for final 

action. 

Thursday, December 17, 2020 

Update on Atlantic Right Whale Issues 

Preliminary 2019 population estimate; 

Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction 

Plan Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement and proposed rule; and Draft 

Batched Biological Opinion. 

Business Session 

Committee Reports (SSC and 

Executive Committee); Executive 

Director’s Report; Organization Reports; 

and Liaison Reports. 

Continuing and New Business 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in this notice and 

any issues arising after publication of 

this notice that require emergency 

action under Section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens 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 aid 

should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 


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76030 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 229 / Friday, November 27, 2020 / Notices 

Dated: November 20, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26142 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA630] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 73 post 

workshop webinar for South Atlantic 

Red Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 73 assessment of 

the South Atlantic stock of red snapper 

will consist of a data scoping webinar, 

a workshop, and a series of assessment 

webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 73 post workshop 

webinar will be held via webinar 

December 16, 2020, from 9 a.m. until 12 

p.m. EST. The established times may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the assessment process. Such 

adjustments may result in the meeting 

being extended from or completed prior 

to the time established by this notice. 

Additional SEDAR 73 workshops and 

webinar dates and times will publish in 

a subsequent issue in the Federal 

Register. 

ADDRESSES: The SEDAR 73 post 

workshop webinar will be held via 

webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Registration is 

available online at: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

5228135319828971790. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Howington, SEDAR 

Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive, 

Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

phone: (843) 571–4373; email: 

Kathleen.howington@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 is a threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; 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 Assessment 

Process 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 

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, 

Highly Migratory Species Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include: 

Data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); 

international experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion at the post 

workshop webinar are as follows: 

• Review any data issues remaining. 

• Finalize any data decisions 

remaining. 

• Continue discussion on modelling 

issues and decisions. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified 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 intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the SAFMC 

office (see ADDRESSES) at least 10 

business 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: November 23, 2020. 

Diane M. DeJames-Daly, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26240 Filed 11–25–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA619] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, 

Display, and Shark Research Fishery 

Permits; Letters of Acknowledgment 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to 

issue exempted fishing permits (EFPs), 

scientific research permits (SRPs), 

display permits, letters of 

acknowledgment (LOAs), and shark 

research fishery permits for Atlantic 

highly migratory species (HMS) in 2021. 

EFPs and related permits would 

authorize collection of a limited number 

of Atlantic HMS, including tunas, 

swordfish, billfishes, and sharks, from 

Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, 

Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico for 

the purposes of scientific research, data 

collection, the investigation of bycatch, 

and public display, among other things. 

LOAs acknowledge that scientific 

research activity aboard a scientific 

research vessel is being conducted. 

Generally, EFPs and related permits 

would be valid from the date of issuance 

through December 31, 2021, unless 

otherwise specified in the permit, 

subject to the terms and conditions of 

individual permits. 

DATES: Written comments received in 

response to this notice will be 

considered by NMFS when issuing EFPs 

and related permits, and must be 

received on or before December 28, 

2020. 


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