Notice2025-02948
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
February 24, 2025
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Abstract
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC; Council) will hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Projects Advisory Panel (AP) via webinar.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 35 (Monday, February 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 10477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02948]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE652]
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC; Council)
will hold a meeting of its Citizen Science Projects Advisory Panel (AP)
via webinar.
DATES: The Citizen Science Projects AP meeting will be held via webinar
on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to
members of the public. Webinar registration, an online public comment
form, and briefing book materials will be available 2 weeks prior to
the meeting at: <a href="https://safmc.net/advisory-panel-meetings/">https://safmc.net/advisory-panel-meetings/</a>. There will
be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning of the meeting.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Byrd, Citizen Science Program
Manager, SAFMC; phone: (843) 302-8439 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10;
fax: (843) 769-4520; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cad5ccc9c18ec2d9d2c4e0d3c1c6cdc38ecec5d4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="acc6d9c0c5cd82ced5dec8ecdfcdcac1cf82c2c9d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Citizen Science Projects AP members
include representatives from the Council's fishery advisory panels
(AP), Habitat & Ecosystem AP, and Outreach and Communications AP. Their
responsibilities include identifying citizen science research and data
needs across all the Council's fishery management plans; assisting with
development of volunteer engagement strategies for recruiting,
training, retaining, and communicating with volunteers; and serving as
outreach ambassadors for the Program.
Agenda items include: an update on Citizen Science Program and
Project activities; discussion on ways to promote the Citizen Science
Project Idea Portal; and the Citizen Science Program's initial
evaluation plan, including researchers presenting their findings to
help establish baseline levels of knowledge about, confidence in, and
trust in the citizen science process of collecting data to inform
fisheries management with panel discussion on ways to refine the
Program based on these results; and other business.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office
(see ADDRESSES) 5 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: February 18, 2025.
Alyssa Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-02948 Filed 2-21-25; 8:45 am]
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