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scoping webinar for Gulf of Mexico 

scamp grouper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 68OA assessment 

of Gulf of Mexico scamp grouper will 

consist of a series of assessment 

webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 68OA scoping 

webinar for the Life History Topical 

Working Group will be held February 

24, 2022, from 1 p.m. to 3 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. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (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 multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report that 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 that 

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, 

HMS 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 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the data 

scoping webinar is as follows: 

Participants will discuss what life 

history data may be available for use in 

the Operational Assessment of Gulf of 

Mexico scamp grouper. 

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 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business days prior to each webinar. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

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

Dated: January 31, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Tilefish 

Advisory Panel will hold a public 

webinar meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 9 

a.m. until 12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Connection information 

will be posted to the calendar prior to 

the meeting at www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is for the 

Advisory Panel to develop a fishery 

performance report (FPR) for both 

golden and blueline tilefish. The intent 

of the FPR is to facilitate a venue for 

structured input from the Advisory 

Panel for the tilefish specifications 

processes. The FPR will be used by the 

MAFMC’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee and the Tilefish Monitoring 

Committee when reviewing golden 

tilefish specifications and setting 

blueline tilefish specifications. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: January 31, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Initiation of a 5-Year Review for North 

Atlantic Right Whale 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year 

review; request for information. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces its intent to 

conduct a 5-year review of the North 

Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena 

glacialis). NMFS is required by the 

Endangered Species Act to conduct 5- 

year reviews to ensure that listing 

classifications of species are accurate. 

The 5-year review must be based on the 

best scientific and commercial data 

available at the time of the review. We 

request submission of any such 

information on the North Atlantic right 

whale, particularly information on its 

status, threats, and recovery, that has 

become available since its last 5-year 

review in 2017. 

DATES: To allow us adequate time to 

conduct this review, we must receive 

your information no later than May 4, 

2022. However, we will continue to 

accept new information about any listed 

species at any time. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your information, 

identified by docket number NOAA– 

NMFS–2022–0004, by the following 

method: 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: Go to 

www.regulations.gov. In the Search box, 

enter the above docket number for this 

notice. Then, click on the Search icon. 

On the resulting web page, click the 

‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, complete the 

required fields, and enter or attach your 

comments. 

Instructions: NMFS may not consider 

comments if they are sent by any other 

method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the 

comment period ends. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and NMFS will post the comments for 

public viewing on www.regulations.gov 

without change. All personal identifying 

information (e.g., name, address, etc.), 

confidential business information, or 

otherwise sensitive information 

submitted voluntarily by the sender is 

publicly accessible. NMFS will accept 

anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/A’’ in 

the required fields if you wish to remain 

anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Borggaard, Greater Atlantic 

Region Right Whale Recovery 

Coordinator, 978–282–8453, 

diane.borggaard@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

4(c)(2)(A) of the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) requires that we conduct a review 

of listed species at least once every 5 

years. The regulations in 50 CFR 424.21 

require that we publish a notice in the 

Federal Register announcing species 

currently under active review. On the 

basis of such reviews, under section 

4(c)(2)(B) we determine whether a listed 

species should be delisted, or 

reclassified from endangered to 

threatened or from threatened to 

endangered (16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(B)). As 

described by the regulations in 50 CFR 

424.11(e), the Secretary shall delist a 

species if the Secretary finds that, after 

conducting a status review based on the 

best scientific and commercial data 

available: (1) The species is extinct; (2) 

the species does not meet the definition 

of an endangered species or a threatened 

species; or (3) the listed entity does not 

meet the statutory definition of a 

species. Any change in Federal 

classification would require a separate 

rulemaking process. 

The North Atlantic right whale has 

been listed as endangered under the 

ESA since it was enacted in 1973 (35 FR 

18319, December 2, 1970; 73 FR 12024, 

March 6, 2008). The last North Atlantic 

right whale 5-year review is available on 

the NMFS website at: fisheries.noaa.

gov/resource/document/5-year-reviewnorth-atlantic-right-whale-eubalaenaglacialis. Additional background 

information on the North Atlantic right 

whale is also available on the website at: 

fisheries.noaa.gov/species/northatlantic-right-whale. 

Determining if a Species Is Threatened 

or Endangered 

Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires 

that we determine whether a species is 

endangered or threatened based on one 

or more of the five following factors: (1) 

The present or threatened destruction, 

modification, or curtailment of its 

habitat or range; (2) overutilization for 

commercial, recreational, scientific, or 

educational purposes; (3) disease or 

predation; (4) the inadequacy of existing 

regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other 

natural or manmade factors affecting its 

continued existence. Section 4(b) also 

requires that our determination be made 

on the basis of the best scientific and 

commercial data available after 

conducting a review of the status of the 

species and after taking into account 

those efforts, if any, being made by any 

State or foreign nation to protect such 

species. 

Public Solicitation of New Relevant 

Information 

To ensure that the 5-year review is 

complete and based on the best 

scientific and commercial data 

available, we are soliciting new 

information from the public, 

governmental agencies, Tribes, the 

scientific community, industry, 

environmental entities, and any other 

interested parties concerning the status 

of the listed North Atlantic right whale. 

Categories of requested information 

include: (1) Species biology including, 

but not limited to, population trends, 

distribution, abundance, demographics, 

and genetics; (2) habitat conditions 

including, but not limited to, amount, 

distribution, and important features for 

conservation; (3) status and trends of 

threats to the species and its habitats; (4) 

conservation measures that have been 

implemented that benefit the species, 

including monitoring data 

demonstrating effectiveness of such 

measures; (5) need for additional 

conservation measures; and (6) other 

new information, data, or corrections 

including, but not limited to, taxonomic 

or nomenclatural changes and improved 

analytical methods for evaluating 

extinction risk. 

If you wish to provide information for 

this review, you may submit your 

information and materials electronically 

(see ADDRESSES section). We request that 

all information be accompanied by 

supporting documentation such as 

maps, bibliographic references, or 

reprints of pertinent publications. We 

also would appreciate the submitter’s 

name, address, and any association, 

institution, or business that the person 

represents; however, anonymous 

submissions will also be accepted. 

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) 

Dated: January 28, 2022. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Conservation 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Caribbean 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 Caribbean Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Outreach and Education Advisory Panel 

(OEAP) will hold a public virtual 

meeting to discuss the items contained 

in the agenda in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 


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