Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 139 / Thursday, July 19, 2018 / Notices 34117 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG342 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Research Steering Committee to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 High 

Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; 

telephone: (603) 431–1499. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Research Steering Committee will 

develop Council recommendations 

regarding the Research Review Policy 

and the purpose and functions of the 

RSC. They will also receive updates on 

improving the functionality of how 

research priorities are listed, Council 

Coordination Committee discussion, 

and other developments; develop any 

additional Council recommendations. 

The Committee will meet the NEFSC 

new Fishery Monitoring & Research 

Division Chief and receive updates on 

cooperative research activities; develop 

Council recommendations as well as 

receive an overview of the NEFMC’s 

ongoing review of the Research-SetAside programs; develop Council 

recommendations. The Research 

Steering Committee will review 

completed research project on: An 

experimental fishery for silver hake/ 

whiting in Small Mesh Area I and the 

Western Raised Footrope Exemption 

Area; develop Council 

recommendations. Address other 

business as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after the 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 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. This meeting will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 

1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG347 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a one 

day meeting of its Standing, Reef Fish, 

Mackerel and Shrimp Scientific and 

Statistical Committees (SSC). 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

Thursday, August 2, 2017, 8 a.m. to 5:30 

p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Tampa Airport Westshore 

Hotel, located at 2225 N Lois Avenue, 

Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 877– 

6688. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4701 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Froeschke, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

john.froeschke@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Thursday, August 2, 2018: 8 a.m.–5:30 

p.m. 

I. Introductions and Adoption of 

Agenda 

II. Approval of May 31–June 1, 2018 

SSC Minutes 

III. Selection of SSC representative at 

August 20–23, 2018 Council 

meeting in Corpus Christi, TX 

Standing and Mackerel SSC Session 

IV. Options Paper—Modifications to 

Gulf of Mexico Migratory Group 

Cobia Size and Possession Limits 

a. Updated catch-per-unit effort 

indices for Gulf cobia 

b. Review of draft options paper 

Standing, Reef Fish and Shrimp SSC 

Session 

V. Update on Council Request regarding 

shrimp effort threshold reduction in 

the area monitored for juvenile red 

snapper bycatch 

Standing and Reef Fish SSC Session 

VI. Review of Procedure for Red 

Grouper Interim Analysis 

VII. Overview of revised SEDAR 

process: Research, operational, and 

interim tacks 

VIII. Council staff proposed 

modifications to the SEDAR process 

IX. Determine need for a red snapper 

research track assessment in 2020, 

followed by an operational 

assessment in 2021 

X. Selection of Workgroup Appointees 

for SEDAR 64—Yellowtail Snapper 

Benchmark Assessment 

XI. Specify the TORs for the 2020 

operational assessments for gag and 

greater amberjack 

XII. Review of Gray Snapper Global SPR 

Analysis 

XIII. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 48/Red 

Drum Amendment 5 

a. Review of revised reference sheet 

b. Action 1–MSY proxies issues and 

alternatives 

i. Summary of MSY Proxies Working 

Group meeting 

ii. Revised MSY proxies alternatives 

c. Action 4–OY alternatives 

i. Draft OY buffer spreadsheet 

d. Actions 2 and 3 (MSST and MFMT) 

VI. Tentative 2018/19 SSC Meeting 

Dates 

VII. Other Business 

—Meeting Adjourns 

The meeting will be broadcast via 

webinar. You may register for the 


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