Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 198 / Friday, October 11, 2024 / Notices 82577 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

The 49th Meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef 

Task Force 

AGENCY: The Coral Reef Conservation 

Program, Office for Coastal 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NOAA and the Department of 

Interior (DOI) will hold the 49th 

meeting of the U.S. Coral Reef Task 

Force (USCRTF). NOAA and DOI will 

be accepting oral and written comments. 

DATES: NOAA and DOI will hold a 

public meeting on Thursday, November 

14, 2024, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

Chamorro Standard Time (ChST) in the 

Commonwealth of the Northern 

Marianas Islands at the Crowne Plaza 

Hotel, Coral Tree Ave Garapan, Saipan, 

96950. Written comments must be 

received before 8 a.m. ChST on 

November 12, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted by the following methods: 

Oral Comments: NOAA and DOI will 

accept oral comments at the meeting on 

Thursday, November 14, 2024, from 

2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. ChST. 

Email: Please direct written comments 

to Michael Lameier, NOAA, USCRTF 

Steering Committee Point of Contact, 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Program, via email at michael.lameier@

noaa.gov. In the subject heading of your 

email, please include ‘‘Written 

comments for the 49th U.S. Coral Reef 

Task Force Meeting’’. 

The oral and written comments 

NOAA and DOI receive are considered 

part of the public record, and the 

entirety of the comment, including the 

name of the commenter, email address, 

attachments, and other supporting 

materials, will be publicly accessible. 

Sensitive personally identifiable 

information, such as account numbers 

and Social Security numbers, should 

not be included with the comment. 

Comments that are not related to the 

U.S. Coral Reef Task Force or that 

contain profanity, vulgarity, threats, or 

other inappropriate language will not be 

considered. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Lameier, NOAA USCRTF 

Steering Committee Point of Contact, 

NOAA Coral Reef Conservation 

Program, (410) 267–5673, 

michael.lameier@noaa.gov, or Liza 

Johnson, DOI USCRTF Steering 

Committee Executive Secretary, U.S. 

Department of Interior, (202) 255–9843, 

Liza_M_Johnson@ios.doi.gov, or visit 

the USCRTF website at https://

www.coralreef.gov/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting provides a forum for 

coordinated planning and action among 

Federal agencies, State and territorial 

governments, and non-governmental 

partners. Registration is requested to 

participate in the meeting. This meeting 

has time allotted for public oral 

comment from 2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

ChST. A written summary of the 

meeting will be posted on the USCRTF 

website within two months of 

occurrence. For more information about 

the meeting, registering for the meeting, 

and submitting public comments, visit 

https://www.coralreef.gov. During the 

oral comment period, commenters are 

encouraged to address the meeting, the 

role of the USCRTF, or general coral reef 

conservation issues. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6451 et seq.; E.O. 

13089, 63 FR 32701. 

Nicole R. LeBoeuf, 

Assistant Administrator for Ocean Services 

and Coastal Zone Management, National 

Ocean Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23561 Filed 10–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE328] 

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 92 Atlantic 

Blueline Tilefish Life History Topical 

Working Group (LH–TWG) Webinar II. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 92 assessment of 

the Atlantic stock of blueline tilefish 

will consist of a series of assessment 

webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 92 Atlantic Blueline 

Tilefish LH–TWG Webinar II is 

scheduled for Wednesday, October 30, 

2024, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Eastern. 

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. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Registration 

for the webinar is available by 

contacting the SEDAR coordinator via 

email at Julie.Neer@safmc.net. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.Neer@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 


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