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DATES: The SSC will meet Tuesday, 

October 24, 2017, from 1:30 p.m. until 

5:30 p.m.; Wednesday, October 25, 

2017, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and 

Thursday, October 26, 2017, from 8:30 

a.m. until 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held at the Town & Country Inn and 

Suites, 2008 Savannah Hwy, Charleston, 

SC 29407; phone: (800) 334–6660 or 

(843) 571–1000; fax: (843) 766–9444. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: 

(843) 769–4520; email: kim.iverson@

safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following items will be discussed by the 

SSC during the meeting: 

1. Updates on 2016–17 landings, 

Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), Acceptable 

Biological Catches (ABCs), and 

Accountability Measures (AMs). 

2. Updates on recent Southeast Data 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) stock 

assessment program activities, the longterm assessment scheduling approach, 

and Council future assessment 

priorities; approve Terms of Reference, 

schedule, and identify participants for 

the Cobia Stock Identification 

Workshop, Greater Amberjack, and Red 

Porgy assessments; approve the revised 

Terms of Reference for SEDAR 55 

assessment for Vermilion Snapper. 

3. Discuss a NOAA Fisheries’ 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center 

(SEFSC) report on the feasibility of a 

Gray Triggerfish assessment. 

4. Review updated Red Grouper 

projections and provide fishing level 

recommendations. 

5. Review the SEDAR 50 Blueline 

Tilefish assessment and provide fishing 

level recommendations. 

6. Review the revised Golden Tilefish 

assessment and provide fishing level 

recommendations. 

7. Discuss ABC Control Rule 

modifications. 

8. Review Amendment 46 to the 

Snapper Grouper Fishery Management 

Plan addressing red snapper and 

evaluate SEFSC Index Projection 

methodology progress. 

9. Review and comment on the 

Commercial and Recreational Snapper 

Grouper Visioning Amendments. 

10. Review the South Atlantic 

Ecosystem Model and provide 

recommendations for future direction 

and utility of this tool. 

11. Discuss the Wreckfish Individual 

Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program 

Review. 

12. Receive updates and progress 

reports on ongoing Council amendments 

and activities including the Citizen 

Science Program. 

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. 

Written comment on SSC agenda 

topics is to be distributed to the 

Committee through the Council office, 

similar to all other briefing materials. 

Written comment to be considered by 

the SSC shall be provided to the Council 

office no later than one week prior to an 

SSC meeting. For this meeting, the 

deadline for submission of written 

comment is 12 p.m. Tuesday, October 

17, 2017. 

Multiple opportunities for comment 

on agenda items will be provided during 

SSC meetings. Open comment periods 

will be provided at the start of the 

meeting and near the conclusion. Those 

interested in providing comment should 

indicate such in the manner requested 

by the Chair, who will then recognize 

individuals to provide comment. 

Additional opportunities for comment 

on specific agenda items will be 

provided, as each item is discussed, 

between initial presentations and SSC 

discussion. Those interested in 

providing comment should indicate 

such in the manner requested by the 

Chair, who will then recognize 

individuals to provide comment. All 

comments are part of the record of the 

meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary 

aids should be directed to the 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: October 2, 2017. 

Jeffrey N. Lonergan, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21465 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0649–XF726 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of its Law Enforcement 

Technical Committee (LETC), in 

conjunction with the Gulf States Marine 

Fisheries Commission’s Law 

Enforcement Committee (LEC). 

DATES: The meeting will convene on 

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, starting 

at 8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Battle House Renaissance hotel, 

located at 26 North Royal Street, Mobile, 

AL 36602; telephone: (251) 338–2000. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist, 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; steven.atran@gulfcouncil.org, 

telephone: (813) 348–1630, and Mr. 

Steve Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional 

Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf States 

Marine Fisheries Commission; 

svanderkooy@gsmfc.org, telephone: 

(228) 875–5912. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion on the agenda are as 

follows: 

Joint Gulf Council’s Law Enforcement 

Technical Committee and Gulf States 

Marine Fisheries Commission’s Law 

Enforcement Committee Meeting 

Agenda 

Wednesday, October 18, 2017, 8:30 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. 

1. Introductions and Adoption of 

Agenda 

2. Approval of Minutes (Joint Meeting 

October 13, 2016) 

3. Special election for LETC Vice-chair 

4. Discussion of Joint LETC/LEC Chairs 


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5. Options Paper for Amendment 36B— 

Modifications to Commercial 

Individual Fishing Quota Programs 

6. Draft Amendment—State 

Management Program for 

Recreational Red Snapper 

7. Options Paper for Venting Tools and 

Descending Devices 

8. Options Paper for Draft Modifications 

to the Sea Turtle Release Protocol 

and Gear for the Reef Fish Fishery 

9. Coral Amendment 9—Public Hearing 

Draft of Coral Habitat Areas 

Considered for Management in the 

Gulf of Mexico 

10. Spiny Lobster Amendment 12— 

Bully net gear regulations for spiny 

lobster for the EEZ off Florida 

11. Implications of Permit Transfers for 

Federal For-Hire Vessels 

12. Review of the Guidelines for the 

2017 Officer of the Year Award 

13. Overview of Congressional 

Activities 

GSMFC LEC Items 

14. Potential JEA Gulf-Wide Observed 

Compliance Rates 

15. IJF Program Activity 

a. Cobia Profile 

b. Officers’ Pocket Guide 

c. Annual License and Fees 

d. Law Summary (red book) 

16. State Report Highlights 

a. Florida 

b. Alabama 

c. Mississippi 

d. Louisiana 

e. Texas 

f. USCG 

g. NOAA OLE 

h. USFWS 

17. Other Business 

—Meeting Adjourns— 

The Agenda is subject to change. The 

latest version of the agenda along with 

other meeting materials will be posted 

on the Council’s file server, which can 

be accessed by going to the Council Web 

site at http://www.gulfcouncil.org and 

clicking on File Server under Quick 

Links. For meeting materials see folder 

‘‘LETC Meeting-2017-10’’ on Gulf 

Council file server. The username and 

password are both ‘‘gulfguest’’. 

The Law Enforcement Technical 

Committee consists of principal law 

enforcement officers in each of the Gulf 

States, as well as the NOAA Law 

Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the 

NOAA General Counsel for Law 

Enforcement. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before this 

group for discussion, in accordance 

with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during this meeting. 

Actions will be restricted to those issues 

specifically identified in the agenda 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 Council’s intent to take action to 

address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Kathy Pereira at the Gulf Council Office 

(see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: October 2, 2017. 

Jeffrey N. Lonergan, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–21464 Filed 10–4–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF691 

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 55 Assessment 

Scoping webinar for South Atlantic 

Vermilion Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 55 assessment of 

the South Atlantic stock of Vermilion 

Snapper will consist of a series of 

webinars. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: A SEDAR 55 Assessment 

Scoping webinar will be held on Friday, 

October 20, 2017, from 9 a.m. until 1 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meetings will be 

held via webinar. The webinars are 

open to members of the public. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julia Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. 

Charleston, SC 29405; 

www.sedarweb.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber 

Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571– 

4366; email: julia.byrd@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. The product of 

the SEDAR webinar series will be a 

report which compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses, and describes the 

fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. 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 in the 

Assessment Scoping webinar are as 

follows: 

Participants will review data and 

discuss data issues, as necessary, and 

initial model issues. 

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. 


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