Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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#  Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

**AGENCY:**

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

**ACTION:**

Notice of public meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

**SUMMARY:**

The Council will hold a meeting of its SSC to review the available data for Spiny Lobster and make recommendations for setting the Overfishing Limit (OFL) and Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC).

**DATES:**

The SSC meeting will be held via webinar on Monday, November 21, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

**ADDRESSES:**

The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar is open to members of the public. Those interested in participating should contact Mike Errigo at the Council office (see *FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT* ) to request an invitation providing webinar access information. Please request webinar invitations at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar.

*Council address:* South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Mike Errigo; 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax (843) 769-4520; email: *[email protected].*

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

This meeting is held to review the available data for *Spiny Lobster* and make recommendations for OFL and ABC. The SSC decided at their October 18-20, 2016 meeting in Charleston, SC that they did not have enough information to make recommendations of OFL and ABC for Spiny Lobster and requested a webinar be held to review the available information.

Items to be addressed during this meeting:

Review the available information for *Spiny Lobster* and provide recommendations of OFL and ABC for the Spiny Lobster fishery.

**Special Accommodations**

The meeting 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 5 business 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 28, 2016.

Tracey L. Thompson,

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