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and discuss feedback from the public on 

their vision of the Atlantic Sea Scallop 

Fishery. Workshop summaries will be 

presented at a future Council meeting. 

DATES: These meetings will be held 

between Thursday, February 27, 2025, 

and Tuesday, March 25, 2025. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more 

details on specific dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for more details on specific 

addresses. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate 

O’Keefe, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

1. Thursday, February 27, 2025, 1 

p.m.–4 p.m. Samoset Resort, 220 

Warrenton Street, Rockland, ME 04856. 

2. Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 10 a.m.– 

4 p.m. Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny 

Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA 02740. 

3. Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10 a.m.– 

4 p.m. Windsor Suites, 1700 Benjamin 

Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 

19103. 

4. Monday, March 24, 2025, 1 p.m.– 

4 p.m. Webinar only, register here: 

https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/ 

register/8ZXSgPKtRo21Tbz3KABgQQ. 

Agenda 

The Council is holding three inperson workshops and a webinar to 

solicit input from the public on their 

vision for the Atlantic Sea Scallop 

Fishery to help inform the development 

of a 3–5 year strategic plan for managing 

the scallop fishery. This plan will be 

used by the Council to develop work 

schedules and allocate resources needed 

to make changes to the fishery 

management plan (FMP). Community 

and public input are essential to the 

development of goals and objectives that 

will be included in the Council’s 

strategic plan for the scallop fishery. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Cate O’Keefe, 

Executive Director, at 978–465–0492, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 6, 2025. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE667] 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council (Council); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Stock 

Assessment Review (WPSAR) Steering 

Committee will convene a public 

meeting to discuss and approve the 5- 

year calendar for stock assessments, and 

to address any other concerns related to 

the WPSAR process. 

DATES: The Steering Committee will 

meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, 

February 24, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be open to 

the public and will be held as a hybrid 

meeting for members and the public, 

with a remote participation option 

available via Webex. In-person 

participation will be hosted at the 

Council office, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 

1400, Honolulu, HI 96813. Specific 

information on joining the meeting, 

connecting to the web conference and 

providing oral public comments will be 

posted on the Council website at 

www.wpcouncil.org. For assistance with 

the web conference connection, contact 

the Council office at (808) 522–8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Fitchett, (808) 522–8141, or 

mark.d.fitchett@noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

WPSAR Steering Committee consists of 

the Executive Director of the Western 

Pacific Fishery Management Council, 

the Science Director of the NMFS 

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, 

and the Regional Administrator of the 

NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office. 

You may read more about WPSAR at 

https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov/peer_

reviews/wpsar/index.php. 

The public will have an opportunity 

to comment during the meeting. The 

agenda order may change. The meeting 

will run as late as necessary to complete 

scheduled business. 

Meeting Agenda 

1. Review of the WPSAR Schedule 

2. Terms of Reference for Update Stock 

Assessment of Commonwealth of the 

Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) 

Bottomfish Management Unit Species 

(BMUS) 

3. Logistics for April 2025 CNMI BMUS 

WPSAR 

A. Timeline for documents, reviewer 

selection, etc. 

B. Personnel (PIRO, PIFSC, Council 

staff, WPSAR reviewers) 

C. Venue options 

4. Main Hawaiian Islands Kona Crab 

Stock Assessment Discussion 

5. Other Business 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for sign 

language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220 

(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 7, 2025. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02545 Filed 2–11–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE663] 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold its Mariana Archipelago Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan (FEP) Commonwealth of 

the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) 

Advisory Panel (AP), CNMI Regional 

Ecosystem Advisory Committee (REAC), 


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Fishing Industry Advisory Committee 

(FIAC), Mariana Archipelago FEP Guam 

AP, and the Guam REAC to discuss and 

make recommendations on fishery 

management issues in the Western 

Pacific Region. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

between February 26, 2025 and March 

4, 2025. For specific times and agendas, 

see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Council will hold its 

Mariana Archipelago FEP CNMI AP, 

CNMI REAC, FIAC, Mariana 

Archipelago FEP Guam AP, and the 

Guam REAC meetings in a hybrid 

format with in-person and remote 

participation (Webex) options available 

for the members and the public. The 

FIAC meeting will be held in a virtual 

format with remote participation 

(Webex) options available for the 

members and the public. 

• In person attendance for the CNMI 

REAC and public will be hosted at the 

CNMI Crowne Place Hibiscus Hall, 

Coral Tree Ave., Garapan, Saipan, 

96950. 

• In-person attendance for the 

Mariana Archipelago FEP CNMI AP and 

public will be hosted at CNMI Crowne 

Place Hibiscus Hall, Coral Tree Ave., 

Garapan, Saipan, 96950. 

• In-person attendance for Guam 

REAC and public will be hosted at the 

Guam Hilton Micronesian Room, 202 

Hilton Road, Tumon Bay, Guam, 96913. 

• In-person attendance for the 

Mariana Archipelago FEP Guam AP and 

public will be hosted at Guam Hilton 

Chuchuko Room, 202 Hilton Road, 

Tumon Bay, Guam, 96913. 

Instructions for connecting to the web 

conference and providing oral public 

comments will be posted on the Council 

website at www.wpcouncil.org. For 

assistance with the web conference 

connection, contact the Council office at 

(808) 522–8220. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director, 

Western Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; phone: (808) 522–8220. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Mariana Archipelago FEP CNMI AP will 

meet on Wednesday, February 26, from 

6:30 p.m.to 9 p.m. (Chamorro Standard 

Time [ChST]), the CNMI REAC will 

meet on Thursday, February 27, from 8 

a.m. to 12 p.m. (ChST), the FIAC will 

meet on Thursday, February 27, from 2 

p.m. to 5 p.m. (HST), the Mariana 

Archipelago FEP Guam AP will meet on 

Monday, March 3, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 

p.m. (ChST), and the Guam REAC will 

meet on Tuesday, March 4, from 8:30 

a.m. to 12 noon (ChST). 

Public Comment periods will be 

provided in the agendas. The order in 

which agenda items are addressed may 

change. The meetings will run as late as 

necessary to complete scheduled 

business. 

Schedule and Agenda for the Mariana 

Archipelago FEP CNMI AP Meeting 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 6:30 

p.m. to 9 p.m. (ChST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Review of Last AP Recommendations 

and Meeting 

3. Council Fisheries Issues 

a. Status of Fisheries Development 

4. Council Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) 

Discussions 

A. Scenario Planning 

i. Small-Boat Fisheries 

ii. Scenario Planning 

B. Regulatory Review 

i. Updates on Potential New 

Regulations 

ii. Fisheries Issues and Concerns 

C. Community Consultation 

i. 2024 Fisher Observations Results 

ii. FishMaps 

5. AP Strategic Planning for 2025 

6. Public Comment 

7. Discussion and Recommendations 

8. Other Business 

Schedule and Agenda for the CNMI 

REAC Meeting 

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 8 a.m. to 

12 Noon (ChST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Opening Remarks 

3. Overview of the CNMI REAC 

4. Review of 2023 REAC Meeting and 

Recommendations 

5. Regulatory Review, Community 

Consultation and Planning through 

the IRA 

a. Fishery Monitoring and 

Management Regime 

i. Marianas FEP Overview 

ii. Status of CNMI Mandatory Data 

Implementation Plan 

iii. Mariana Small-Boat Economic 

Survey 

iv. NMFS 2025 Mariana Archipelago 

Survey 

b. Climate Impacts on Fisheries and 

Communities 

i. Agency Initiatives Addressing 

Climate Impacts on Fisheries and 

Coastal Resources 

ii. Community-Based Fishery 

Management Plan 

iii. FishMaps 

iv. Future Scenarios for CNMI SmallBoat Fisheries 

6. Community Fisheries 

a. Concerns of Military Impacts on 

Local Fisheries 

b. Fishery Development and Training 

Opportunities 

c. Supporting Local Caught Versus 

Import Fish 

7. Public Comment 

8. Discussion and Recommendations 

9. Other Business 

Schedule and Agenda for the FIAC 

Meeting 

Thursday, February 27, 2025, 2 p.m. to 

5 p.m. (HST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Status Report on Previous FIAC 

Recommendations 

3. Roundtable update on Fishing, 

Market Issues, and Impacts 

4. U.S. Catch Limits for North Pacific 

Striped Marlin 

5. Hawaii and American Samoa 

Longline fisheries Crew Training 

Requirement Status Report 

6. Status on Development of an Electron 

Monitoring Program for Western 

Pacific Longline Fisheries 

7. Scop of Hawaii Shark Protection Act 

8. Proposed Hawaii Seafood Labeling 

Law 

9. Update on IRA Projects 

a. Scenario Planning 

b. Regulatory Review 

c. Community Consultation 

10. Other Issues 

11. Public Comment 

12. Discussion and Recommendations 

Schedule and Agenda for the Mariana 

Archipelago FEP Guam AP Meeting 

Monday, March 3, 2025, 6:30 p.m. to 9 

p.m. (ChST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 

2. Review of the Last AP 

Recommendations and Meeting 

3. Council IRA Project Discussions 

A. Scenario Planning 

i. Small-Boat Fisheries 

ii. Scenario Planning 

B. Regulatory Review 

i. Updates on Potential New 

Regulations 

ii. Fisheries Issues and Concerns 

C. Community Consultation 

i. 2024 Fisher Observations Results 

ii. FishMaps 

4. AP Strategic Planning for 2025 

5. BOEM COI for Guam Offshore Wind 

Energy 

6. Strategic Shift for the Bottomfish 

Independent Survey in Guam 

7. Guam Military Working Group 

Update 

8. Public Comment 

9. Discussion and Recommendations 

10. Other Business 

Schedule and Agenda for the Guam 

REAC Meeting 

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 12 

Noon (ChST) 

1. Welcome and Introductions 


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2. Opening Remarks 

3. About the Guam REAC 

4. Report on the 2023 REAC 

Recommendations and Meeting 

5. Regulatory Review, Community 

Consultation and Planning through 

the IRA 

a. Fishery Monitoring and 

Management Regime 

i. Marianas FEP Overview 

ii. Mariana Small-Boat Economic 

Survey 

iii. NMFS 2025 Mariana Archipelago 

Survey 

b. Climate Impacts on Fisheries and 

Communities 

i. Agency Initiatives Addressing 

Climate Impacts on Fisheries and 

Coastal Resources 

ii. Community-Based Fishery 

Management Plan 

iii. FishMaps 

iv. Future Scenarios for Guam SmallBoat Fisheries 

6. Guam Fishery Issues 

a. Report on Military Activities in 

Guam 

i. Status of Marine Corps Base Camp 

Blaz Firing Ranges 

ii. Report from Council Military 

Working Group 

b. Bureau of Ocean and Energy 

Management Call for Information 

on Offshore Energy in Guam 

7. Public Comments 

8. Discussion and Recommendations 

9. Other Business 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are accessible to 

people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kitty M. Simonds, (808) 522–8220 

(voice) or (808) 522–8226 (fax), at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: February 6, 2025. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02502 Filed 2–11–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE646] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of the following: Snapper 

Grouper Commercial Sub-Committee; 

Habitat & Ecosystem Committee; Joint 

Habitat & Ecosystem and Shrimp 

Committee; Snapper Grouper 

Committee, Mackerel Cobia Committee, 

and the Southeast Data, Assessment, 

and Review (SEDAR) Committee. The 

meeting week will also include a formal 

public comment session and meetings of 

the Full Council. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held from 9 a.m. on Monday, March 3, 

2025, until 12 p.m. on Friday, March 7, 

2025. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Villas by the Sea, 1175 

Beechview Drive N, Jekyll Island, GA 

31527; phone: (912) 635–2521. 

The meeting will also be available via 

webinar. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

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, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8440 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

information, including agendas, 

overviews, and briefing book materials 

will be posted on the Council’s website 

at: https://safmc.net/council-meetings/. 

Webinar registration links for the 

meeting will also be available from the 

Council’s website. 

Public comment: Public comment on 

agenda items may be submitted through 

the Council’s online comment form 

available from the Council’s website at: 

https://safmc.net/events/march-2025- 

council-meeting/. Written comments 

will be accepted from February 14, 

2025, until March 7, 2025. These 

comments are accessible to the public, 

part of the Administrative Record of the 

meeting, and immediately available for 

Council consideration. A formal public 

comment session will also be held 

during the Council meeting. 

The items of discussion in the 

individual meeting agendas are as 

follows: 

Snapper Grouper Commercial SubCommittee, Monday, March 3, 2025, 9 

a.m. until 12 p.m. 

The Snapper Grouper Commercial 

Sub-Committee will review commercial 

data, discuss issues to be addressed in 

the commercial snapper grouper fishery 

and prioritization, and discuss next 

steps and timelines. 

Council Session I, Monday, March 3, 

2025, 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. (CLOSED 

SESSION) 

The Council will meet in closed 

session to receive a litigation brief if 

needed, review the advisory panel 

policy as it relates to background checks 

for applicants, consider 

recommendations from the Law 

Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP), and 

propose policy modifications as needed. 

The Council will also consider 

appointments to the SEDAR 90 (South 

Atlantic Red Snapper) stock assessment 

data workshop, liaison appointments to 

the Shrimp AP, and other appointments 

as needed. 

Council Session I, Monday, March 3, 

2025, 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. and 

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 8:30 a.m. until 

3 p.m. 

The Council will receive a litigation 

brief and reports from the Council’s Law 

Enforcement Advisory Panel on items 

not included in the March agenda, 

Council liaisons, state agencies, NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office 

(SERO), and NOAA Fisheries Southeast 

Science Center. The Council will also 

receive a presentation on the MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Recreational Reform Initiative. The 

Council will review the Southeast ForHire Integrated Electronic Reporting 

(SEFHIER) Improvement Amendment 

currently under development. The 

Amendment review will include 

recommendations from the Council’s 

For-Hire Reporting Advisory Panel (AP), 

Law Enforcement AP, and a 

presentation from NOAA Fisheries 

SERO. The Council will consider 

approving the amendment for public 

scoping. 

Council members are scheduled to 

receive a presentation on the Florida 

Keys National Marine Sanctuary 

Fisheries Protocol, discuss topics for the 

Dolphin Wahoo AP Spring 2025 

meeting, and Climate Projects including 

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) projects 

and the Climate and Ecosystem 

Fisheries Initiative. 

Habitat & Ecosystem Committee, 

Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 3 p.m. until 4 

p.m. 

The Committee will receive a report 

from the Habitat and Ecosystem AP, a 

2024 Habitat Report, an update on the 

Essential Fish Habitat Mapper, and 

discuss topics for the July 2025 Habitat 

and Ecosystem AP meeting. 

Joint Habitat & Ecosystem and Shrimp 

Committees, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 4 

p.m. until 5 p.m. 

The Committees will receive an 

overview of a draft comprehensive 


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