[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9397-9398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4299]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XU76
Fisheries of the South Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico;
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Spiny Lobster
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Webinars and Workshop for South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico spiny lobster.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR update of the assessment of the South Atlantic and
Gulf of Mexico stock of spiny lobster will consist of a series of
webinars and an Update Workshop. This assessment will update the stock
assessment conducted under SEDAR 8. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: A Data Webinar will occur on March 23, 2010. Assessment Update
Webinars will occur on June 22, July 13, and July 27, 2010. The Update
Workshop will take place during August 23-25, 2010, and a follow-up
webinar will occur on September 8, 2010. The Update Workshop location
will be noticed at a later time. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Webinars may be attended by the public. Those interested
in participating should contact Dale Theiling at SEDAR. See FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT to request an invitation providing webinar access
information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale Theiling, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; telephone:
(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
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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 spiny lobster update assessment will update the SEDAR 8
benchmark of Southeastern United States spiny lobster, which included
both the South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. The update process consists
of a series of webinars and an update workshop.
Spiny Lobster Update Process Schedule:
March 23, 2010; 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.; SEDAR Data Webinar
An updated assessment data set and associated documentation will be
presented and discussed during the Data Webinar. Participants will
evaluate updates of data employed or considered in SEDAR 8 providing
information on life history characteristics, catch statistics, discard
estimates, length and age composition, and fishery dependent and
fishery independent measures of stock abundance.
June 22, July 13, and July 27, 2010; 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.; SEDAR
Assessment Webinars
Using updated datasets adopted during the Data Webinar,
participants will employ assessment models used in SEDAR 8 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.
August 23-25, 2010; SEDAR Spiny Lobster Update Workshop
August 23, 2010: 1 p.m. - 8 p.m.; August 24, 2010: 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.;
August 25, 2010: 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
During the Update Workshop assessment analysts will discuss and
evaluate decisions made during the Data and Assessment Webinars.
Participants will compare and contrast various assessment approaches,
and determine whether the assessments are adequate for submission to
Science and Statistics Committees of the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council and the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council.
Workshop panelists will document their findings and recommendations in
an Assessment Workshop Report.
Special Accommodations
The Update Workshop is 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 workshop.
Dated: February 25, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service,
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