Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 119 / Thursday, June 24, 2021 / Notices 33237 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Research 

Steering Committee (RSC) will hold a 

series of four workshops to potentially 

redevelop the research set-aside (RSA) 

program. 

DATES: The first three workshops will be 

held via webinar on Thursday, July 15, 

Tuesday, August 31, and Thursday, 

October 14, 2021, all beginning at 10 

a.m. and concluding by 4 p.m. The 

fourth workshop will be held in-person 

at a to be determined date and time in 

the late fall. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The first three workshops 

will be held via webinar and the final 

meeting will be an in-person workshop 

in the late fall. Details on the agenda, 

webinar listen-in access, and briefing 

materials will be posted at the 

MAFMC’s website: 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; phone: (302) 526– 

5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council is hosting a series of 4 

workshops (3 webinars and 1 in-person 

meeting) to develop recommendations 

for the possible redevelopment of the 

RSA program. Each webinar will target 

a separate topic related to RSA 

(research, funding, and enforcement). 

The Scientific and Statistical Committee 

Economic Working Group will work 

collaboratively with the Council’s RSC 

to provide economic input specific to 

each webinar topic, as well as develop 

meeting reports and briefing materials 

for the in-person workshop in the fall. 

During the final in-person workshop, 

participants will review the 

recommendations from the first three 

webinars and develop final 

recommendations for RSA program 

redevelopment. Workshop participants 

will include a core group of individuals 

who will be invited to attend all four 

workshops. Staff may solicit additional 

participants with topic-specific 

expertise to participate in each 

workshop. All workshops will be open 

to the public. 

Special Accommodations 

The meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kathy Collins at 

the Mid-Atlantic Council Office, (302) 

526–5253, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

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–XB184] 

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 72 assessment 

webinar IV for Gulf of Mexico gag 

grouper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 72 stock 

assessment process for Gulf of Mexico 

gag grouper will consist of a series of 

data and assessment webinars. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 72 Assessment 

Webinar IV will be held July 12, 2021, 

from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: 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, 

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 

Assessment Webinar are as follows: 

• Using datasets and initial 

assessment analysis recommended from 

the data webinars, panelists will employ 

assessment models to evaluate stock 

status, estimate population benchmarks 

and management criteria, and project 

future conditions. 

• Participants will recommend the 

most appropriate methods and 

configurations for determining stock 

status and estimating population 

parameters. 

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. 


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33238 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 119 / Thursday, June 24, 2021 / Notices 

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

Dated: June 21, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13387 Filed 6–23–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID: 0648–XB178] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); 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 Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

Monitoring Committee will hold a 

public webinar meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Tuesday, July 27, 2021 from 9 a.m. to 3 

p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Connection information 

will be posted to the calendar at 

www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting. 

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 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Monitoring Committee will meet 

via webinar to discuss management 

measures for all three species. The 

objectives of this meeting are for the 

Monitoring Committee to: (1) Review 

recent stock assessment information, 

fishery performance, and 

recommendations from the Advisory 

Panel, the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee, and staff; (2) Recommend 

2022–2023 commercial and recreational 

Annual Catch Limits, Annual Catch 

Targets, commercial quotas, and 

recreational harvest limits for summer 

flounder, scup, and black sea bass; (3) 

Review commercial management 

measures for all three species and 

recommend changes if needed; and (4) 

Review and discuss 2020 recreational 

data collection gaps and catch 

estimation methodology from the 

Marine Recreational Information 

Program. Meeting materials will be 

posted to www.mafmc.org. 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Collins at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5253 at least 

five days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: June 15, 2021. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

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–XB165] 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; 

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 77 Highly 

Migratory Species (HMS) Hammerhead 

Shark Stock Identification (ID) webinar 

1. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 77 assessment of 

the Atlantic stock of hammerheads 

sharks will consist of a stock ID process, 

data webinars/workshop, a series of 

assessment webinars, and a review 

workshop. 

DATES: The SEDAR 77 HMS 

Hammerhead Shark Stock ID webinar 1 

has been scheduled for Tuesday July 20, 

2021, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. ET. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Registration is 

available online at: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

7340326848399428367. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathleen Howington, SEDAR 

Coordinator, 4055 Faber Place Drive, 

Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

phone: (843) 571–4371; email: 

Kathleen.Howington@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 threestep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop; (2) Assessment Process 

utilizing webinars; and (3) Review 

Workshop. The product of the Data 

Workshop is a data report which 

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 

which 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, 

Highly Migratory Species 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 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs); 

international experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion at the SEDAR 

77 HMS Hammerhead Shark Stock ID 

webinar 1 are as follows: 

• Participants will use review genetic 

studies, growth patterns, and any other 

relevant information on hammerhead 

shark stock structure. 

• Participants will make preliminary 

recommendations on biological stock 

structure and define the unit stock or 

stocks to be addressed through this 

assessment. 

• Participants will review and request 

additional stock structure analyses if 

needed. 

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 


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