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2. October 26, 2021, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Holiday Inn Express, 210 Seminole 

Boulevard, Largo, FL 33770. 

3. November 2, 2021, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Hampton Inn, 230 Lee Burbank 

Highway, Revere, MA, 02151. 

4. November 9, 2021, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 North Virginia 

Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949. 

5. December 2, 2021, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Drive, Kenner, 

LA 70062. 

6. December 30, 2021, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Holiday Inn, 99701 Overseas Highway, 

Key Largo, FL 33037. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshop, please contact Angler 

Conservation Education at (386) 682– 

0158. Pre-registration is highly 

recommended, but not required. 

Registration Materials 

To ensure that workshop certificates 

are linked to the correct permits, 

participants will need to bring the 

following specific items with them to 

the workshop: 

• Individual vessel owners must 

bring a copy of the appropriate 

swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy 

of the vessel registration or 

documentation, and proof of 

identification; 

• Representatives of a businessowned or co-owned vessel must bring 

proof that the individual is an agent of 

the business (such as articles of 

incorporation), a copy of the applicable 

swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and 

proof of identification; and 

• Vessel operators must bring proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops are designed 

to teach longline and gillnet fishermen 

the required techniques for the safe 

handling and release of entangled and/ 

or hooked protected species, such as sea 

turtles, marine mammals, smalltooth 

sawfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and 

prohibited sharks. In an effort to 

improve reporting, the proper 

identification of protected species and 

prohibited sharks will also be taught at 

these workshops. Additionally, 

individuals attending these workshops 

will gain a better understanding of the 

requirements for participating in these 

fisheries. The overall goal of these 

workshops is to provide participants 

with the skills needed to reduce the 

mortality of protected species and 

prohibited sharks, which may prevent 

additional regulations on these fisheries 

in the future. 

Online Recertification Workshops 

NMFS anticipates the implementation 

of online recertification workshops 

beginning in the fall of 2021 for persons 

who have already taken in-person 

training. Affected permit holders will be 

notified of this option when it becomes 

available. 

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

Dated: August 18, 2021. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB343] 

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 of the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of the following: Snapper 

Grouper Committee; Dolphin Wahoo 

Committee; Mackerel Cobia Committee; 

and Habitat and Ecosystem-Based 

Management Committee. The meeting 

week will also include a formal public 

comment session and a meeting of the 

Full Council. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held from 1 p.m. on Monday, September 

13, 2021, until 12 p.m. on Friday, 

September 17, 2021. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held at the Town and 

Country Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, 

Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (884) 201– 

3033. The meeting will also be available 

via webinar. Registration is required. 

Details are included in SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

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: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/ 

council-meetings/. Webinar registration 

links for the meeting will also be 

available from the Council’s website. 

Public comment: Public comment on 

items on this agenda may be submitted 

through the Council’s online comment 

form available from the Council’s 

website at: http://safmc.net/safmcmeetings/council-meetings/. Comments 

will be accepted from August 30, 2021, 

until September 17, 2021. These 

comments are accessible to the public, 

part of the Administrative Record of the 

meeting, and immediately available for 

Council consideration. 

The items of discussion in the 

individual meeting agendas are as 

follows: 

Council Session I, Monday, September 

13, 2021, 1 p.m. Until 5:30 p.m. 

The Council will receive reports from 

state agencies, Council liaisons, NOAA 

Office of Law Enforcement, and the U.S. 

Coast Guard. The Council will receive 

updates on the Council’s Citizen 

Science Program, outreach and 

communications efforts, development of 

the Allocations Decision Tool, the 

Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) 

Control Rule, the Atlantic Large Whale 

Take Reduction Plan, and additional 

topics as needed. 

Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday, 

September 14, 2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 

5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, September 

15, 2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m. 

The Committee will receive an 

overview of the current two-for-one 

permit requirement for the South 

Atlantic Unlimited Snapper Grouper 

Commercial Fishing Permit and review 

comments from the Snapper Grouper 

Advisory Panel (AP). The committee 

will also receive an overview proposed 

modifications to greater amberjack 

management through Amendment 49 to 

the Snapper Grouper Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) and review 

recommendations from the Snapper 

Grouper AP. The Committee will review 

recommendations from the Snapper 

Grouper AP on proposed management 

measures for snowy grouper through 

Snapper Grouper Amendment 51 and 

consider approving the amendment for 

public scoping. Snapper Grouper 

Amendment 44 addressing yellowtail 

snapper management measures will also 

be reviewed and considered for scoping 

approval. 

The Committee will review 

recommendations from its Scientific 

and Statistical Committee regarding red 

snapper management and review an 


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options paper addressing short-term 

management measures. The Committee 

will review proposed measures for the 

wreckfish fishery through Snapper 

Grouper Amendment 48 and 

modifications to red porgy management 

through Snapper Grouper Amendment 

50. The Committee will receive 

guidance on rebuilding options from 

NOAA Fisheries for gag grouper, discuss 

vermilion snapper trip limits, receive an 

update on the South Atlantic Red 

Snapper Count and the Greater 

Amberjack Count in the South Atlantic 

and Gulf of Mexico, discuss topics for 

the next meeting of the Snapper 

Grouper AP, and receive a brief on an 

Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) 

application. 

Dolphin Wahoo Committee, 

Wednesday, September 15, 2021, 1:30 

p.m. Until 3:45 p.m. 

The Committee will receive an update 

on the status of Amendment 10 to the 

Dolphin Wahoo FMP. The Amendment 

includes actions addressing: Revisions 

to recreational data and catch level 

recommendations; modifications to 

recreational accountability measures; 

measures to allow properly permitted 

commercial vessels with trap, pot or 

buoy gear on board to possess 

commercial quantities of dolphin and 

wahoo; removal of the current Operator 

Card requirement; and reductions in the 

recreational vessel limit for dolphin. 

The Council approved the amendment 

for Secretarial review during its June 

2021 meeting. The Committee will also 

consider management measures to 

include in a future framework 

amendment. 

Formal Public Comment, Wednesday, 

September 15, 2021, 4 p.m.—Public 

comment will be accepted from 

individuals attending the meeting on all 

items on the Council meeting agenda. 

The Council will be accepting public 

hearing comments on Amendment 50 to 

the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing 

management measures for red porgy. 

The Council Chair will determine the 

amount of time provided to each 

commenter based on the number of 

individuals wishing to comment. 

Mackerel Cobia Committee, Thursday, 

September 16, 2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 

p.m. 

The Committee will review Coastal 

Migratory Pelagics (CMP) Amendment 

34 addressing management measures for 

Atlantic king mackerel in the South 

Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico and CMP 

Amendment 32 addressing management 

measures to end overfishing for Gulf of 

Mexico cobia. Both amendments will be 

considered for public hearing approval. 

Habitat Protection and EcosystemBased Management Committee, 

Thursday, September 16, 2021, 1:30 

p.m. Until 3 p.m. 

The Committee will review 

Amendment 10 to the Coral FMP, which 

would establish a shrimp fishery access 

area for the deepwater shrimp fishery 

along the Oculina Bank Habitat Area of 

Particular Concern and consider 

approving the amendment for 

Secretarial Review. The Committee will 

also receive an update on the Habitat 

and Ecosystem Blueprint and discuss 

topics for the next meeting of the 

Habitat Protection and Ecosystem-Based 

Management AP. 

Council Session II, Thursday, 

September 16, 2021, From 3 p.m. Until 

5:30 p.m., and Friday, September 17, 

2021, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m. 

The Council will present the 2020 

Law Enforcement Officer of the Year 

Award and hold elections of the Chair 

and Vice-Chair. 

The Council will receive an update 

from NOAA Fisheries Office of 

Protected Resources, review the 

Exempted Fishing Permit request, 

review the FMP Workplan, receive a 

staff report from the Executive Director 

and an update on Climate Change 

Scenario Planning. The Council will 

receive reports from NOAA Fisheries 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center and 

from the Southeast Regional Office. 

The Council will receive reports from 

the following committees: Snapper 

Grouper; Dolphin Wahoo; Mackerel 

Cobia; and Habitat Protection and 

Ecosystem-Based Management. 

The Council will discuss other 

business, upcoming meetings, and take 

action as necessary. 

Documents regarding these issues are 

available from the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES). 

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 these meetings. 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 Council’s intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 5 days prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

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

Dated: August 18, 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–XB347] 

Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a one day in-person and virtual 

meeting (hybrid) of its Ecosystem 

Technical Committee (ETC). 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

Friday, September 10, 2021, 8:30 a.m.– 

5 p.m., EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The in-person meeting will 

take place at the Gulf Council office. If 

you prefer not to travel at this time, you 

may attend via webinar. Registration 

information will be available on the 

Council’s website by visiting 

www.gulfcouncil.org and clicking on the 

Ecosystem Technical Committee 

meeting on the calendar. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Natasha Mendez-Ferrer, Fishery 

Biologist, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; natasha.mendez@

gulfcouncil.org, telephone: (813) 348– 

1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Friday, September 10, 2021; 8:30 a.m. 

Until 5 p.m.; EDT 

The meeting will begin with 

Introductions and Adoption of Agenda, 

Approval of Minutes from the March 2, 

2020 meeting and review of Scope of 

Work with its members. 

The ETC will receive a Mid-Term 

Project Summary on the Overview of 

Fisheries Ecosystem Planning (FEP), 


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