Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 170 / Thursday, September 2, 2010 / Notices 53951 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XY63 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR) Update; Greater 

Amberjack 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Assessment 

Conference Call for Gulf of Mexico 

greater amberjack. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR update of the 

assessment of the Gulf of Mexico stock 

of greater amberjack will consist of a 

series of webinars. This assessment will 

update the stock assessment conducted 

under SEDAR 9. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: An Assessment conference call 

will occur on Thursday, September 16, 

2010 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT). 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. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The conference call may be 

attended by the public. Those interested 

in participating should contact Julie A. 

Neer at SEDAR (See FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT) to request access 

information. 

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 greater amberjack update 

assessment will update the SEDAR 9 

benchmark of Gulf of Mexico greater 

amberjack. The update process consists 

of a series of webinars. 

Greater Amberjack Update Schedule: 

September 16, 2010; 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.; 

SEDAR Update Conference Call 

Using updated datasets adopted 

during the Data Webinar, participants 

will employ assessment models used in 

SEDAR 9 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. 

Dated: August 27, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–21862 Filed 9–1–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XY64 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council;s Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 

(BS/AI) Groundfish Plan Teams will 

meet in Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 20–23, 2010. The meetings 

will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday, 

September 22, and continue through 

Thursday, September 23. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, 

Observer Training Room (GOA Plan 

Team) and Traynor Room (BS/AI Plan 

Team), Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

DiCosimo or Diana Stram, North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda: 

Principal business is to prepare and 

review the draft Economic Report, the 

draft Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, 

the draft stock assessments for some 

target-categories, and recommend 

preliminary groundfish catch 

specifications for 2012/13. The Agenda 

is subject to change, and the latest 

version will be posted at http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Actions 

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 Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take final action to address the 

emergency. 


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