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Optimum Yield 

The Magnuson-Stevens Act and NS1 

guidelines state that OY is based on 

MSY as reduced by relevant economic, 

social, or ecological factors. 

Additionally, the NS1 guidelines state 

that OY should include some 

consideration of uncertainty. If the 

estimates of MFMT and current biomass 

are known with a high level of certainty, 

and management controls can 

accurately limit catch, then OY could be 

set very close to MSY, assuming no 

other reductions are necessary for 

social, economic, or ecological factors. 

However, OY cannot exceed MSY. To 

the degree that such MSY estimates and 

management controls are lacking or 

unavailable, OY should be reduced 

farther from MSY. 

For the assessed reef fish stocks that 

are not addressed in Amendments 48/5, 

the Gulf Council has defined OY as the 

yield from fishing at some percentage of 

FMSY (or proxy). However, the NMFS 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center 

(SEFSC) staff and the Gulf Council’s 

SSC have recommended against 

specifying OY as the yield at a certain 

value of F. They have suggested instead 

that OY be a percentage of MSY for 

three reasons: (1) If OY is specified as 

a percentage of FMSY (or proxy), SEFSC 

staff would need to provide two sets of 

yield projections when running stock 

assessments (one for MSY and one for 

OY), adding complexity to the 

projections; (2) it is possible that the 

calculated long-term yield at the FOY

proxy could be greater than the 

calculated long-term yield at the FMSY

proxy, which would be inconsistent 

with the Magnuson-Stevens Act and 

NS1 guidelines; and (3) defining OY as 

a percent of MSY is more intuitive and 

easier to understand than using a 

percentage of the FMSY proxy to define 

OY. Therefore, the Gulf Council 

proposes setting OY at 90 percent of the 

MSY or MSY proxy for all reef fish 

stocks addressed in Amendments 48/5 

with the exception of goliath grouper. 

For goliath grouper, the Council 

proposes using the ratio between the 

annual catch limit (ACL) and OFL to 

determine how much the OY should be 

reduced from the MSY. This 

relationship accounts for scientific and 

management uncertainty and would 

apply that knowledge to guide where 

OY should be set relative to MSY for 

this stock. Because possession of goliath 

grouper is prohibited, the OY value 

would be zero. 

For red drum, the Gulf Council 

decided to keep the existing OY 

definition, which is based on a 1987 

SEFSC stock assessment that concluded 

under certain escapement rates of 

juveniles, the stock could rebuild. This 

OY definition is: (1) All red drum 

commercially and recreationally 

harvested from Gulf state waters landed 

consistent with state laws and 

regulations under a goal of allowing 30 

percent escapement of the juvenile 

population; and (2) all red drum 

commercially or recreationally 

harvested from the Primary Area 

(Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama) 

of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) 

under the total allowable catch (TAC) 

level and allocations specified under the 

provisions of the Red Drum FMP, and 

a zero-retention level from the 

Secondary Areas (Florida and Texas) of 

the EEZ. The red drum TAC for the Gulf 

EEZ has been zero since 1988 with the 

implementation of Amendment 2 to the 

Red Drum FMP and harvest in the EEZ 

is prohibited (53 FR 34662; June 29, 

1988). Therefore, to achieve the OY, the 

Gulf states have independently and 

cooperatively implemented red drum 

regulations to achieve a 30 percent or 

greater escapement rate to the spawning 

stocks for each year class. 

Procedural Aspects of Amendments 48/ 

5 

The Council has submitted 

Amendments 48/5 for Secretarial 

review, approval, and implementation. 

NMFS’ decision to approve, partially 

approve, or disapprove Amendments 

48/5 will be based, in part, on 

consideration of comments, 

recommendations, and information 

received during the comment period on 

this notice of availability. After 

consideration of these factors, and 

consistency with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act and other applicable laws, NMFS 

will publish a notice of agency decision 

in the Federal Register announcing the 

Agency’s decision to approve, partially 

approve, or disapprove Amendments 

48/5. Because none of the measures 

included in the amendments involve 

regulatory changes, no proposed or final 

rule is required at this time. If approved, 

the provisions of Amendments 48/5 

would not be specified in regulations 

but would be considered amendments 

to the respective FMPs. 

Consideration of Public Comments 

Comments on Amendments 48/5 must 

be received by May 9, 2022. Comments 

received during the comment period for 

this notice of availability will be 

considered by NMFS in its decision to 

approve, partially approve, or 

disapprove Amendments 48/5. 

Comments received after the comment 

period will not be considered by NMFS 

in this decision. All comments received 

by NMFS during the comment period 

will be addressed in the notice of 

agency decision. 

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

Dated: March 3, 2022. 

Ngagne Jafnar Gueye, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Public Meeting of the Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda for the 

meeting of the Science Advisory Board 

(SAB). The members will discuss issues 

outlined in the section on Matters to be 

Considered. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 9:30 a.m.– 

5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) 

and Thursday, April 28, 2022, 8:30 

a.m.–12:15 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time 

(EDT). The time and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

For the latest agenda, please refer to the 

SAB website: https://sab.noaa.gov/ 

index.php/current-meetings/. 

ADDRESSES: The April 27 and 28, 2022 

venue is to be determined; please check 

the website for the location. The link for 

the webinar registration for the April 

27–28, 2022 meeting may be found here: 

https://sab.noaa.gov/index.php/currentmeetings/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 

Number: 301–734–1156; Email: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

SAB website at https://sab.noaa.gov/ 

index.php/current-meetings/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

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services. SAB activities and advice 

provide necessary input to ensure that 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Status: The April 27–28, 2022 

meeting will be open to public 

participation with a 15-minute public 

comment period at 4:45 p.m. Eastern 

Daylight Time (EDT) on Wednesday, 

April 27, 2022. The SAB expects that 

public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted verbal or written 

statements. In general, each individual 

or group making a verbal presentation 

will be limited to a total time of three 

minutes. Written comments for the 

April 27–28, 2022 meeting should be 

received in the SAB Executive Director’s 

Office by April 20, 2022 to provide 

sufficient time for SAB review. Written 

comments received by the SAB 

Executive Director after this date will be 

distributed to the SAB, but may not be 

reviewed prior to the meeting date. 

Special Accommodations: This 

meeting is physically accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

special accommodations may be 

directed to the Executive Director no 

later than 12 p.m. on April 20, 2022. 

Matters to be Considered: The 

meeting on April 27–28 will include the 

(1) NOAA Update, (2) NOAA Science 

Update (3) Leadership in Coastal 

Resilience (4) NOAA Response to SAB 

Ecosystem Science and Management 

Working Group Report: Decision 

Making Under Deep Uncertainty, (5) 

Presentation and Discussion of SAB 

2022 Work Plan Topics (6) NOAA 

Response to SAB Data Archiving and 

Access Requirements Working Group 

Report: Recommendations Concerning 

the NOAA Cloud Strategic Plan Actions 

and the NOAA Data Strategic Plan 

Actions (7) NOAA Response to SAB 

Climate Working Group Report: 

Advancing Earth System Prediction (8) 

NOAA Response to SAB Climate 

Working Group Report: Opportunity for 

COVID–19-related Earth System 

monitoring and prediction efforts as a 

result of worldwide shelter in place/stay 

at home policies (9) Review of the Draft 

2022 Report to the United States 

Congress from the Environmental 

Information Services Working Group. 

Meeting materials, including work 

products, will be made available on the 

SAB website: https://sab.noaa.gov/ 

index.php/current-meetings/. 

Dave Holst, 

Chief Financial Officer/Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

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Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

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 74 Discard 

Mortality Webinar I for Gulf of Mexico 

Red Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 74 assessment of 

Gulf of Mexico red snapper will consist 

of a Data workshop, a series of 

assessment webinars, and a Review 

workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 74 Discard Mortality 

Webinar I will be held Friday, March 

25, 2022, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., 

Eastern. 

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 Discard 

Mortality Webinar I are as follows: 

• Participants will review discard 

mortality information for use in the 

assessment of Gulf of Mexico red 

snapper. 

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 

10 business days prior to each 

workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

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


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