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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - RIN 0648-XD837

# AGENCY:

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

# ACTION:

Design workshop for monitoring deep water snapper-grouper species in the South Atlantic.

# SUMMARY:

                        The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) and Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC) will host a workshop where fishermen and scientists will discuss approaches for monitoring the deep water stocks component of the South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper complex. See                         **SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.**

# DATES:

The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015; 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, 2015; and 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, April 9, 2015.

# ADDRESSES:

*Meeting address:*                         The Workshop will be held at SEFSC Laboratory in Beaufort NC, located at 101 Piver's Island Road, Beaufort, NC 28516.                    

*Council address:*                         South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

                        Kim Iverson, Public Information Officer, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: (843) 769-4520; email:                         *kim.iverson@safmc.net.*

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The goal of the Workshop is to identify optimal approaches and associated costs for surveying the South Atlantic deep-water species complex. Survey goals are expected to include providing abundance information and biological samples to support stock assessments of deep water species.

## Workshop Agenda, Tuesday, April 7-Thursday, April 9, 2015

1. Identify focal species

2. Provide species details

3. Recommend survey gears

4. Recommend gear configurations

5. Recommend survey data to collect

6. Recommend a sampling universe

7. Provide survey design guidance

8. Compare and contrast survey platforms, including cooperative research opportunities

9. Provide cost estimates

10. Identify long-term and short-term needs and cooperative research opportunities

## 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 5 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: March 17, 2015.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2015-06437 Filed 3-20-15; 8:45 am]

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