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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 

Assessment Webinar II are as follows: 

discuss any leftover data issues that 

were not cleared up during the data 

process, answer any questions that the 

analysts have, and introduce/discuss 

model development and model setup. 

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 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council 

office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

business 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: June 23, 2022. 

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–XC128] 

Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act Provisions; General 

Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; 

Application for Exempted Fishing 

Permits 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comments. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is reopening the 

comment period for an Exempted 

Fishing Permit application. The 

Exempted Fishing Permit would allow 

commercial fishing vessels to conduct 

commercial fishing activities that the 

regulations would otherwise restrict to 

expand trials of on-demand fishing gear 

that uses one or no surface buoys. 

Regulations under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act and the Atlantic 

Coastal Fisheries Cooperative 

Management Act require publication of 

this notification to provide interested 

parties the opportunity to comment on 

applications for proposed Exempted 

Fishing Permits. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 5, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by the following method: 

• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov. 

Include in the subject line ‘‘NEFSC OnDemand Gear EFP.’’ 

• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great 

Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. 

Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Comments on NEFSC On-Demand Gear 

EFP.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Deighan, Fishery Management 

Specialist, Laura.Deighan@noaa.gov, 

(978) 281–9184. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 1, 

2022, we published a notice soliciting 

public comment on the EFP application 

(87 FR 33132). The public comment 

period was open through June 16, 2022. 

Given the scope of the proposed project, 

as well as requests to provide additional 

information and opportunity to 

comment, we are reopening the 

comment period for five days. A full 

description of the requested exemptions 

and research plan are available in the 

original notice and are not repeated 

here. 

This EFP would exempt the 

participating vessels from the gear 

marking requirements at 50 CFR 

697.21(b)(2) to allow the use of trawls of 

more than three traps that have one or 

no surface markers. This EFP would 

allow up to 100 vessels to trial ondemand lobster gear designed to reduce 

entanglement risk to protected species, 

mainly North Atlantic right whales, on 

up to 10 trawls each. It would allow up 

to 30 of those vessels to trial gear with 

no static vertical lines in Atlantic Large 

Whale Take Reduction Plan (ALWTRP) 

Restricted Areas and up to 25 to trial 

grappling for gear with no vertical lines. 

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

Dated: June 22, 2022. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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Administration 

Notice of Intent To Conduct Scoping 

and To Prepare a Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Hudson Canyon National Marine 

Sanctuary 

Correction 

In notice document 2022–12234 

beginning on page 34853 in the issue of 

Wednesday, June 8, 2022, make the 

following correction: 

On page 34853, in the second column, 

in the last two lines, ‘‘https://

sanctuaries.cnoaa.gov/hudson-canyon/’’ 

should read ‘‘https://

sanctuaries.noaa.gov/hudson-canyon/’’. 

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