April 4, 2019 — The following was released by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council:
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold several meetings and public hearing/scoping meetings in the coming weeks on topics affecting federal fisheries management off the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and the east coast of Florida. Fishermen and others interested in offshore fisheries are encouraged to attend the meetings and provide their viewpoints and comments on a variety of fisheries including snapper grouper, dolphin wahoo, and mackerel.
All meetings are open to the public and available via webinar. Meeting materials, including agendas/overviews, public comment forms, briefing book materials, and presentations, are available from the Council’s website at: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/ as noted below. The Council encourages the public to use public comment forms available from the website. Use of the public comment forms allows Council members access to comments as they are provided, as well as access to members of the public.
Scientific and Statistical Committee and Socio-Economic Panel Meeting
April 8-11, 2019
Town and Country Inn
Charleston, SC
The Council’s SSC and SEP will meet next week to discuss fisheries issues and provide recommendations for Council consideration. The SSC and its Socio-Economic Panel assists the Council in the development, collection, evaluation, and peer review of information relevant to fishery management plans and amendments. The meeting week begins with a meeting of the SEP on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning and continues with the SSC. Agenda highlights:
* Risk Tolerance and the ABC Control Rule Amendment
* Recent revisions to recreational harvest estimates and calibrations
* Ecopath Modeling, tools, and evaluation
* South Atlantic Research and Monitoring Prioritization
Access meeting materials, webinar registration, comment forms and more: http://safmc.net/safmc-meetings/scientific-and-statistical-committee-meetings/.