[Federal Register: November 23, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 225)]
[Notices]
[Page 68131-68132]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 111704B]
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
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SUMMARY: The Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process for
the Caribbean Yellowtail Snapper and Spiny Lobster consists of a series
of three workshops: a data workshop, an assessment workshop, and a
review workshop. As part of this series, a Data Workshop is being held.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR 8 Data Workshop for yellowtail snapper and spiny
lobster will take place December 6-10, 2004. The workshop will be held
December 6, 2004, 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.; December 7-9, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m.; and December 10, 2004, 8:30 a.m. to12 noon.
ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be held at the Frenchman's Reef and
Morningstar Resort, 5 EstateBakkeroe, St. Thomas, VI 00801; telephone:
(340) 776-8500.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator,
SEDAR/SAFMC, One Southpark Circle,
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Suite 306, Charleston, SC 29407; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC-10; fax: 843/769-4520.
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 SEDAR process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region.
SEDAR typically includes three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2)
Assessment Workshop, and (3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data
Workshop and the 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 report is
independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The products of the
Review Workshop are a Consensus Summary Report, which reports Panel
opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment
and input data, and an Advisory Report, which summarizes the status of
the stock. Participants for SEDAR workshops are appointed by the
Regional Fishery Management Councils. Participants include data
collectors, database managers, stock assessment scientists, biologists,
fisheries researchers, fishermen, environmentalists, Council members,
international experts, and staff of Regional Councils, Interstate
Commissions, and state and Federal agencies.
The Data Workshop gathers stock information, synthesizes available
data sets, and compiles recommendations concerning the best available
data. Workshop Panelists assemble the best available data and document
their opinions on various biological and data collection issues.
Panelists are responsible for drafting section I of the SEDAR Stock
Assessment Report.
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 Council's
intent to take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days
prior to the workshop.
Dated: November 18, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-3287 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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