2020-23322. South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION:

Notice of a public meeting.

SUMMARY:

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting via webinar.

DATES:

The Council meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, November 9, 2020.

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar registration is required. Details are included in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kim Iverson, Public Information Officer, SAFMC; phone: [phone] or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax: [phone]; email: [e-mail].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting information, including the webinar link, agenda, and briefing book materials will be posted on the Council's website at: http://safmc.net/​safmc-meetings/​council-meetings/​.

Agenda items include:

1. Review of Amendment 46 to the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan (FMP) addressing recreational reporting;

2. Review of Regulatory Amendment 31 to the Snapper Grouper FMP addressing recreational accountability measures;

3. Receive a progress report from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Joint Workgroup for Section 102 of the Modernizing Recreational Fisheries Act; and

4. Receive the final report from the MyFishCount recreational reporting project.

Written comments may be directed to John Carmichael, Executive Director, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (see Council address) or electronically via the Council's website at http://safmc.net/​safmc-meetings/​council-meetings/​. Comments will automatically be posted to the website and available for Council consideration. Written comments received prior to 9 a.m. on Monday, November 9, 2020 will be part of the administrative record. Public comment will also be allowed as part of the meeting agenda.

Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified 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

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: October 16, 2020.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.