Free Zoom on Red Snapper Data: Fishermen, Tune In?
Published Date: 3/18/2025
Notice
Summary
The government is holding a free online meeting on April 9, 2025, to review data about South Atlantic Red Snapper fish. This helps decide how to protect and manage these fish, which affects fishermen, seafood lovers, and coastal communities. The process aims to keep fish populations healthy without hurting the fishing economy.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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Public webinar on April 9, 2025
You can join the SEDAR 90 Pre-Data Workshop webinar on April 9, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The webinar is open to members of the public; to participate you must contact Emily Ott at SEDAR to request an invitation that provides webinar access information, and you should request the invitation at least 24 hours before the webinar.
Assessment reports will be produced
The SEDAR 90 process includes a Data Workshop, a series of assessment webinars, and a Review Workshop. The Data Workshop will compile and evaluate datasets and recommend which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses; the assessment webinars will describe the fisheries, evaluate the status of the stock, estimate biological benchmarks, project future population conditions, and recommend research and monitoring needs; the Review Workshop will produce an Assessment Summary documenting panel opinions.
Disability access and sign language requests
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. If you need sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids, you should direct requests to the Council office at least 5 business days prior to each workshop.
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