[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 15190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06437]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD837


Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Public Meeting

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.

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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#264d4f4b084f504354554948665547404b4508484352"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f6466622166796a7d7c60614f7c6e69626c21616a7b">[email protected]</span></a>.

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]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P


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