[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51982]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20958]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XY34
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Review (SEDAR) Update; Greater Amberjack
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Assessment Webinars.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR update of the assessment of the Gulf of Mexico stock
of greater amberjack will consist of a series of webinars. This
assessment will update the stock assessment conducted under SEDAR 9.
DATES: The second Assessment webinar will occur on October 7, 2010,
from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. The third Assessment webinar will occur on
November 22, 2010, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. The established times may be
adjusted as necessary to accommodate the timely completion of
discussion relevant to the assessment process. Such adjustments may
result in the meeting being extended from, or completed prior to the
time established by this notice.
ADDRESSES: The Webinars may be attended by the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an invitation providing webinar access
information.
A listening station will be available at the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council office located at 2203 N Lois Avenue, Suite 1100,
Tampa, FL 33607. Those interested in participating via the listening
station should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR at least 1 day prior to
the webinar.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; (843) 571-
4366; email [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. A full benchmark assessment conducted under
SEDAR includes three workshops: (1) Data Workshop, (2) Stock Assessment
Workshop Process and (3) 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 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 is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop.
The product of the Review Workshop is a Review Workshop Report
documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of
the stock assessment and input data. Participants for SEDAR Workshops
are appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils 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 conducts updates of benchmark stock assessments previously
conducted through the SEDAR program. Update assessments add additional
data points to datasets incorporated in the original SEDAR benchmark
assessment and run the benchmark assessment model to update population
estimates.
The greater amberjack update assessment will update the SEDAR 9
benchmark of Gulf of Mexico greater amberjack. The update process
consists of a series of webinars.
Greater Amberjack Update Schedule
October 7, 2010; 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.; SEDAR Update Assessment Webinar II
November 22, 2010; 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.; SEDAR Update Assessment Webinar
III
Using updated datasets adopted during the Data Webinar,
participants will employ assessment models used in SEDAR 9 to evaluate
stock status, estimate population benchmarks and management criteria,
and project future conditions. Participants will recommend the most
appropriate methods and configurations for determining stock status and
estimating population parameters.
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 10 business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: August 19, 2010.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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