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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 

webinar are as follows: 

• Participants will discuss and make 

recommendations regarding what 

indices data may be included in the 

assessment of U.S. Caribbean queen 

triggerfish. 

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 

SEDAR 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: September 14, 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–XB422] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public 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 (Council) 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) 

Committee will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, October 4, 2021, starting at 10 

a.m. and continue through 12 p.m. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 

details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar using the Webex platform 

with a telephone-only connection 

option. Details on how to connect to the 

webinar by computer and by telephone 

will be available at: http://

www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

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 

purpose of the meeting is for the EOP 

Committee to review and provide 

feedback on an exempted fishing permit 

(EFP) application for an experimental 

purse seine fishery in federal waters for 

Atlantic thread herring. Thread herring 

are an ecosystem component species 

under the Council’s Unmanaged Forage 

Omnibus Amendment and are subject to 

a 1,700 pound possession limit. The 

application requested the ability to 

catch up to 3,000 MT (6.6 million 

pounds) of thread herring in 2022 and 

would require an exemption to the 

Unmanaged Forage possession limit. 

The EOP Committee will consider input 

and recommendations developed by the 

Council’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) at their September 

meeting regarding the EFP application 

and proposed data collection program. 

A summary of the SSC and EOP 

Committee meetings will be provided to 

the full Council at their October 

meeting. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) 

prior to the meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

Shelley Spedden, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: September 13, 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–XB424] 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of informational 

webinars. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will host 

informational webinars on behalf of 

NOAA Fisheries regarding the 

implementation of the Southeast ForHire Integrated Electronic Reporting 

Program. 

DATES: The Council will host two ForHire Vessel Monitoring System 

Requirements informational webinars 

on October 7, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 

11:30 a.m. EDT and on October 12, 

2021, from 6 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. EDT. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Muehlstein, Public Information 

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

348–1630. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council, on behalf of NOAA Fisheries, 

will host informational webinars 

regarding the upcoming implementation 

of vessel monitoring system (VMS) 

requirements for the Southeast For-Hire 

Integrated Electronic Reporting 

Program. Requirements for Gulf of 

Mexico federal charter/headboat permit 

holders are anticipated to become 

effective December 13, 2021. The 

informational webinars will provide an