Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 76 / Wednesday, April 20, 2022 / Notices 23497 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting is for the EOP 

Committee to review the draft MAFMC 

Aquaculture Policy and Aquaculture in 

the Mid-Atlantic Region background 

document and to make 

recommendations for Council approval 

of the policy document. 

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. 

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

Dated: April 14, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08404 Filed 4–19–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB939] 

Determination of Overfishing or an 

Overfished Condition 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This action serves as a notice 

that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary), has found that 

South Atlantic blueline tilefish is now 

subject to overfishing; Georges Bank 

Atlantic cod is still overfished; and Gulf 

of Maine Atlantic cod is still subject to 

overfishing and still overfished. NMFS, 

on behalf of the Secretary, notifies the 

appropriate regional fishery 

management council (Council) 

whenever it determines that a stock or 

stock complex is subject to overfishing, 

overfished, or approaching an 

overfished condition. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kathryn Frens, (301) 427–8523. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 304(e)(2) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act), 16 U.S.C. 1854(e)(2), NMFS, on 

behalf of the Secretary, must notify 

Councils, and publish a notice in the 

Federal Register, whenever it 

determines that a stock or stock 

complex is subject to overfishing, 

overfished, or approaching an 

overfished condition. 

NMFS has determined that South 

Atlantic blueline tilefish is now subject 

to overfishing. Blueline tilefish was not 

assessed in 2021, and catch data from 

2020 support a determination that this 

stock is subject to overfishing because 

the catch exceeded the threshold. NMFS 

has notified the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council of the requirement 

to end and prevent overfishing on this 

stock. 

NMFS has determined that Georges 

Bank Atlantic cod is still overfished, 

and that Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod is 

still subject to overfishing and still 

overfished. The Georges Bank Atlantic 

cod determination is based on the most 

recent assessment, completed in 2021 

using commercial fishery catch data 

through 2020 and updated research 

survey indices of abundance through 

spring 2021. The assessment cannot 

quantitatively determine overfished or 

overfishing status, but the poor 

condition of the stock qualitatively 

indicates that it remains overfished. The 

Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod 

determination is based on the most 

recent assessment, completed in 2021 

using data through 2019, which indicate 

that the stock is subject to overfishing 

because the fishing mortality rate is 

above the threshold, and overfished 

because the biomass is below the 

threshold. NMFS continues to work 

with the New England Fishery 

Management Council to end overfishing 

on Gulf of Maine Atlantic cod and to 

rebuild both of these stocks. 

Dated: April 14, 2022. 

Kelly Denit, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–08375 Filed 4–19–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB920] 

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 76 South 

Atlantic Black Sea Bass Data Scoping 

Webinar. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 76 assessment of 

the South Atlantic stock of black sea 

bass will consist of a series of 

assessment webinars. A SEDAR 76 Data 

Scoping Webinar is scheduled for May 

11, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 76 South Atlantic 

Black Sea Bass Data Scoping Webinar 

has been scheduled for May 11, 2022, 

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern. The 

established times may be adjusted as 

necessary to accommodate the timely 

completion of discussion relevant to the 

assessment process. Such adjustments 

may result in the meeting being 

extended from or completed prior to the 

time established by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Registration 

for the webinar is available by 

contacting the SEDAR coordinator via 

email at Kathleen.Howington@

safmc.net. 

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. 


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