Notice2025-04797
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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Published
March 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting of the Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) on April 14 and 15, 2025. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet on April 15-17, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 53 (Thursday, March 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13148-13149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04797]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE786]
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a meeting of the Socio-Economic Panel (SEP) on April 14 and 15,
2025. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet on April
15-17, 2025.
DATES: The SEP meeting will be held from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. EDT on
April 14, 2025 and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 p.m. on April 15, 2025. The
SSC meeting will be held from 1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., EDT on April 15,
2025, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on April 16, 2025, and from 8:30 a.m.
until 12 p.m. on April 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meetings will be held at the Town and Country
Inn, 2008 Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 29407; phone: (843) 571-
1000. The
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meetings will also be available via webinar. Registration is required.
Webinar registration, an online public comment form, and briefing book
materials will be available two weeks prior to the meetings at: <a href="https://safmc.net/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meeting/">https://safmc.net/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meeting/</a>.
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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a7ccceca89ced1c2d5d4c8c9e7d4c6c1cac489c9c2d3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80ebe9edaee9f6e5f2f3efeec0f3e1e6ede3aeeee5f4">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SSC Socio-Economic Panel
The SEP meeting agenda includes updates on active Council
amendments, the Citizen Science Program, Council climate-readiness
projects, and discussions relative to social and economic research at
the September 2024 National SSC meeting. The SEP will review recent
research efforts to collect baseline levels of knowledge about,
confidence in, and trust in the citizen science process of collecting
data to inform fisheries management, research related to the ongoing
Snapper Grouper Management Strategy Evaluation, and the Council's
Research and Monitoring Plan. The SEP will also have a discussion on
how to better utilize qualitative information that is gathered during
Council outreach activities to inform management in a resource-limited
space. The SEP will provide recommendations for SSC and Council
consideration, and conduct other business as needed.
Scientific and Statistical Committee
The SSC meeting agenda includes the review of SEDAR (Southeast
Data, Assessment, and Review) 92: Atlantic Blueline Tilefish Southern
Region, and SEDAR 76 Update: Black Sea Bass Operational Assessment. The
SSC will review the Council's Research and Monitoring Plan, terms of
reference for the 2026 gag grouper stock assessment, scopes of work for
the 2027 red grouper and snowy grouper stock assessments, and results
of the Joint SSC review of the mutton and yellowtail snapper stock
assessments. The SSC will receive updates on the Southeast Reef Fish
Sur vey 2024 trends report, Size Matters: Innovative Length Estimates
(SMILE) Project, Dolphinfish Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE), and
Ecopath with Ecosim with Ecospace Model. The SSC will receive updates
to the SEDAR process, fishery management plan amendments, ongoing SSC
workgroup progress, and conduct other business as needed.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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: March 17, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-04797 Filed 3-19-25; 8:45 am]
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