[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 133 (Tuesday, July 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39918-39919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16967]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XX50
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR); South Atlantic red snapper.
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 24 Assessment Webinars 3 & 4 and Review
Workshop for South Atlantic red snapper.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessment of the South Atlantic stock of red
snapper will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: a Data
Workshop, a series of Assessment webinars, and a Review
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Workshop. This is the twenty-fourth SEDAR. This is notice of the
Assessment Webinar and Review Workshop components of SEDAR 24. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: Assessment Webinar 3 will take place August 13, 2010. Assessment
Webinar 4 will take place August 24, 2010. The Review Workshop will
take place October 12-14, 2010. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Assessment Webinars will be held live online via an
internet based conferencing service. The Webinars may be attended by
the public. Those interested in participating should contact Kari
Fenske at SEDAR. See FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT to request an
invitation providing webinar access information.
The Review Workshop will be held at the Hilton DeSoto, 15 East
Liberty St., Savannah, GA 31401; telephone: (912)232-9000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kari Fenske, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone:
(843) 571-4366; e-mail: [email protected].
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. SEDAR includes a Data Workshop, a Stock
Assessment Process and a 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 Process 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 Peer Review Evaluation Report
documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of
the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops
and Assessment Process are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils; the Atlantic and
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions; 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 24 Assessment Webinar 3 Schedule:
August 13, 2010: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Assessment panelists will: (1) discuss red snapper model
exploratory runs (sensitivities), (2) select a preferred model, (3)
review final model runs, results, (4) provide guidance on model
projections, (5) characterize and quantify model uncertainty, and (6)
recommend status determination. Workshop panelists will document their
findings and recommendations in an Assessment Workshop Report that will
be made available to the public.
SEDAR 24 Assessment Webinar 4 Schedule:
August 24, 2010: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Assessment panelists will review the Assessment Report.
SEDAR 24 Review Workshop Schedule:
October 12, 2010: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; October 13, 2010: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.;
October 14, 2010: 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.
The Review Workshop is an independent peer review of the
assessments developed during the SEDAR 24 Data Workshop and Assessment
Process. Workshop Panelists will review the assessment and document
their comments and recommendations in a Peer Review Evaluation Report.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed 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 Council office (see ADDRESSES)
at least 5 business days prior to each workshop.
Dated: July 7, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-16967 Filed 7-12-10; 8:45 am]
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