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Standard Time (HST) (11 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

Samoa Standard Time (SST); 8 a.m. to 

1 p.m. on January 22–24, 2025, 

Chamorro Standard Time (ChST)). 

Opportunities to present oral public 

comment will be provided on the 

agenda. The order of the agenda may 

change, and will be announced in 

advance at the meeting. The meeting 

may run past the scheduled times noted 

above to complete scheduled business. 

Agenda for the Archipelagic Plan Team 

Meeting 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 12 Noon to 

5 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (11 

a.m. to 4 p.m. Samoa Standard Time 

(SST); 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 22– 

24, 2025, Chamorro Standard Time 

(ChST)). 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Report on 2024 Plan Team 

Recommendations and Work Items 

A. Fishery Performance Work Items 

i. American Samoa 

a. Creel Survey Data Evaluation 

b. Species-Specific Catch Reporting 

and Annual Catch Limit Tracking 

c. Available Fish Aggregating Device 

Program Data 

ii. Commonwealth of the Northern 

Mariana Islands (CNMI) 

a. Commercial Data Update 

iii. Guam 

a. Impact of Weather and Military 

Closures on Fishing Effort 

iv. Hawaii 

a. Bottomfish Management Unit 

Species (MUS) Aggregation 

b. Bottomfish Prevalence at United 

Fishing Agency 

v. Pelagics 

a. Socioeconomic Observer Data 

Collection 

b. Life History Module 

vi. Commercial Fishery Data 

a. Low Territorial Commercial 

Reporting 

b. Discrepancies in Commercial Data 

Streams 

vii. Oceanic and Ecosystem Indicators 

a. Brainstorm of New Recruitment 

Indices 

b. Tula Observatory Data 

c. Data Integration/Fishery-Ecosystem 

Relationships 

viii. Online Portal Review 

B. Public Comment on Day 1 Agenda 

Items 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025, 12 p.m. 

to 5 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) 

(11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Samoa Standard 

Time (SST); 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 

22–24, 2025, Chamorro Standard Time 

(ChST)). 

C. Ecosystem Component Species (ECS) 

Management 

i. Presentation on How to Manage ECS 

ii. Examples from other Councils 

iii. Ecosystem Objectives 

iv. How to promote back an MUS 

v. General Council Pacific Islands 

Perspective 

3. Non-Commercial Fishey 

Performance 

a. Pelagic Territorial Non-commercial 

Module 

b. Marine Recreational Information 

Program (MRIP) Presentation on 

Nature of MRIP Surveys and Hawaii 

Marine Recreational Fisheries 

Survey 

c. A new Approach to the Hawaii 

MUS Non-commercial Module 

d. Discussion on Hawaii NonCommercial Module stemming from 

December Scientific and Statistical 

Committee Meeting 

e. Including Uku Non-Commercial 

Catch 

4. Public Comment on Day 2 Agenda 

Items 

Thursday, January 23, 2025, 12 p.m. to 

5 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) (11 

a.m. to 4 p.m. Samoa Standard Time 

(SST); 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on January 22– 

24, 2025, Chamorro Standard Time 

(ChST)). 

5. Annual Stock Assessment and 

Fishery Evaluation Report Revamp 

Status Update 

6. Council Actions 

a. Tier 6 Acceptable Biological Catch 

Control Rule 

b. American Samoa Bottomfish MUS 

Revision Updates 

c. ACL Specifications 

1. CNMI Bottomfish 

2. Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI) Uku 

3. MHI Kona Crab 

4. MHI Deepwater Shrimp and Precious 

Corals 

d. Pelagic Action Updates and 

Discussion 

1. Electronic Monitoring 

2. Crew Training 

3. North Pacific Striped Marlin 

7. Other Business 

8. Public Comment on Day 3 Agenda 

Items 

9. Discussion and Recommendations 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Please direct 

requests for sign language interpretation 

or other auxiliary aids to Kitty M. 

Simonds (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above) at least 5 days 

prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 23, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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 98 Post-Data 

Workshop Webinar for Gulf of Mexico 

Red Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 98 assessment 

process of Gulf of Mexico red snapper 

will consist of a Data Workshop, and a 

series of assessment webinars, and a 

Review Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 98 Post-Data 

Workshop webinar will be held 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 1 p.m. 

to 4 p.m., Eastern Time. 

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) a series of assessment 

webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. 

The product of the Data Workshop is a 

report that compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses. The assessment 

webinars produce a report that describes 

the fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 


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and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

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 during the 

Post-Data Workshop webinar are as 

follows: 

Participants will review additional 

information and data analysis on 

outstanding data issues and make final 

recommendations. 

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 workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

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

Dated: December 20, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

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Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Assessment on the 

Effects of NOAA’s National Marine 

Fisheries Service, Office of Protected 

Resources Coordination and 

Continued Operation of the Sea Turtle 

Stranding and Salvage Network 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; availability of a draft 

environmental assessment; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the 

availability of the draft Environmental 

Assessment (EA) on NMFS Office of 

Protected Resources’ (OPR) role 

coordinating the Sea Turtle Stranding 

and Salvage Network (STSSN). The 

STSSN responds to and documents sick, 

injured, and dead sea turtles that are 

found in coastal areas under U.S. 

jurisdiction along the Atlantic Ocean 

and Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean 

Territories. Although the STSSN has 

been in operation for several decades, 

the National Coordination role formally 

shifted to the OPR in 2022, which 

prompted an evaluation of STSSN 

operations and development of a formal 

Operating Procedures Handbook, which 

are subject to National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) review. NMFS is 

requesting comments on the draft EA. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received (see ADDRESSES) on or before 

January 29, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The EA is available for 

download and review at https:// 

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/ 

marine-life-distress/sea-turtle-strandingand-salvage-network under the section 

heading Sea Turtle Stranding and 

Salvage Network Operations. The draft 

EA is also available upon written 

request (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT). 

You may submit comments on this 

document, identified by NOAA–NMFS– 

2024–0148, by the following method: 

• Electronic Submission: Submit all 

electronic public comments via the 

Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and enter 

NOAA–NMFS–2024–0148 in the Search 

box. Click on the ‘‘Comment’’ icon, 

complete the required fields, and enter 

or attach your comments. 

Instructions: Comments sent by any 

other method, to any other address or 

individual, or received after the end of 

the comment period, may not be 

considered by NMFS. All comments 

received are a part of the public record 

and will generally be posted for public 

viewing on https://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 will 

be publicly accessible. NMFS will 

accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/ 

A’’ in the required fields if you wish to 

remain anonymous). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara 

Wissmann, NMFS, Office of Protected 

Resources at sara.wissmann@noaa.gov, 

301–427–8402; Wendy Piniak, NMFS, 

Office of Protected Resources at 

wendy.piniak@noaa.gov, 301–427–8402. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Publication of this notice begins the 

official public comment period for this 

draft EA. Per the NEPA, the purpose of 

the draft EA is to evaluate the potential 

direct, indirect, and cumulative impacts 

caused by continued operation of the 

STSSN under the coordination of the 

NMFS, OPR using the 2024 STSSN 

Operating Procedures Handbook. 

Section 9 of the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA) and Federal regulations 

prohibit the ‘taking’ of a species listed 

as endangered or threatened. The ESA 

defines ‘‘take’’ to mean harass, harm, 

pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, 

capture, or collect, or to attempt to 

engage in any such conduct. Section 4(f) 

of the ESA (16 U.S.C. 1531–1544) 

provides for the creation of Recovery 

Plans for endangered and threatened 

species and provides NMFS and US 

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) with 

authority ‘‘to procure the services of 

appropriate public and private agencies 

and institutions and other qualified 

persons’’ in order to implement those 

plans. To advance the conservation and 

recovery of listed sea turtles, each 

recovery plan developed jointly by the 

NMFS and USFWS identifies and 

highlights the need to maintain an 

active stranding network. 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following species are included in 

the EA: North Atlantic and South 

Atlantic Distinct Population Segments 

of green (Chelonia mydas), Kemp’s 

ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata), leatherback 

(Dermochelys coriacea), and Northwest 

Atlantic Ocean DPS of loggerhead 

(Caretta caretta) sea turtles. 

Background 

The draft EA analyzes the continued 

operation of the STSSN under the 


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