Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 98 / Friday, May 21, 2010 / Notices 28565 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XU76 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic and the 

Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

spiny lobster. 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Modification to schedule, 

location, and contact information for 

SEDAR Webinars and Workshop for 

South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico spiny 

lobster. 

SUMMARY: This notice updates 

information relative to the SEDAR 

update assessment of the South Atlantic 

and Gulf of Mexico stock of spiny 

lobster. This update will consist of a 

series of webinars and an Update 

Workshop. This assessment will update 

the stock assessment conducted under 

SEDAR 8. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. The original notice 

published in the Federal Register on 

March 2, 2010, 75 FR 9397. 

DATES: The Data Webinar occurred on 

March 23, 2010. Assessment Update 

Webinars will occur on June 30, and 

August 17, 2010. The Update Workshop 

will take place September 28–30, 2010. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The Webinars may be 

attended by 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. 

The Update Workshop will be held at 

the Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel, 

3841 N. Roosevelt Blvd, Key West, 

Florida 33040; telephone: (305) 296– 

8100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (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. A full benchmark 

assessment conducted under SEDAR 

includes three workshops: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) Stock Assessment 

Workshop Process 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 Stock 

Assessment Workshop 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 Review 

Workshop Report 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 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. 

SEDAR conducts updates of 

benchmark stock assessments 

previously conducted through the 

SEDAR program. Update assessments 

add additional data points to datasets 

incorporated in the original SEDAR 

benchmark assessment and run the 

benchmark assessment model to update 

population estimates. The spiny lobster 

update assessment will update the 

SEDAR 8 benchmark of Southeastern 

United States spiny lobster, which 

included both the South Atlantic and 

Gulf of Mexico. The update process 

consists of a series of webinars and an 

update workshop. 

Spiny Lobster Update Process 

Schedule: 

New Dates for the SEDAR assessment 

webinars: June 30 and August 17, 2010, 

1 p.m. - 4 p.m. 

Using updated datasets adopted 

during the Data Webinar, participants 

will employ assessment models used in 

SEDAR 8 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. 

New Dates for the SEDAR Spiny 

Lobster Update Workshop: September 

28–30, 2010 

September 28 and 29, 2010: 9 p.m. - 6 

p.m.; September 30, 2010: 8 a.m. - 12 

p.m. 

During the Update Workshop 

assessment analysts will discuss and 

evaluate decisions made during the Data 

and Assessment Webinars. Participants 

will compare and contrast various 

assessment approaches, and determine 

whether the assessments are adequate 

for submission to Science and Statistics 

Committees of the South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council and the 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council. Workshop panelists will 

document their findings and 

recommendations in an Assessment 

Workshop Report. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Action 

will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens 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 

The Update Workshop 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 10 business 

days prior to the workshop. 

Dated: May 18, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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