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The meetings are open to the public
and physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Dawn Aring at the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) by
August 12, 2005.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a meeting of its Ecosystem
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) in New Orleans, LA.
DATES: The meeting will be held Friday,
August 19, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Ramada Inn & Suites, New Orleans
Airport, 110 James Drive East, Saint
Rose, LA 70087.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Steven Atran, Population Dynamics
Statistician, Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council; telephone: (813)
348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council will convene its Ecosystem SSC
in New Orleans, LA on August 19, 2005.
The SSC will: (1) review the results of
a series of facilitated workshops to
solicit public input on ecosystem based
fisheries management, (2) review the
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
positions on approaches to ecosystem
based fisheries management, and (3)
establish preliminary tasks toward
producing a fisheries ecosystem plan.
Copies of the agenda and other related
materials can be obtained by calling
(813) 348–1630. Although other nonemergency issues not on the agendas
may come before the SSC for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (M-SFCMA), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions of
the SSC will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
and any issues arising after publication
of this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c) of the MSFCMA, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
action to address the emergency.
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Dated: August 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 080105E]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)/
Ecosystem Committee in August, 2005
to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
Recommendations from this group will
be brought to the full Council for formal
consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, August 22, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High
Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone:
(207) 775–5411; fax: (207) 775–1066.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Director, New England
Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Habitat/MPA/Ecosystem Committee will
continue work on elements of the
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Omnibus
Amendment 2 including, but not
limited to, a review of the peer-review
report of the Habitat Evaluation Review
Committee meeting on EFH designation
methods and tools. The Committee will
also review and consider the Habitat
Plan Development Team’s (PDT)
evaluations of the Habitat Area of
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Particular Concern proposals. Other
topics to be addressed by the Committee
include: development of a draft Marine
Protected Area policy based on recent
policy development workshops’ report;
jurisdictional issues surrounding nonfishing marine services: Liquified
Natural Gas (LNG), aquaculture and
windfarms; preliminary review of
coastal pollution and marine fisheries
productivity project; update on
upcoming stakeholder meetings as well
as other topics at the Committee’s
discretion.
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
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978–
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 080105D]
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Capacity Committee in August, 2005 to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from this
group will be brought to the full Council
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for formal consideration and action, if
appropriate.
The meeting will be held on
Thursday, August 25, 2005, at 9 a.m.
DATES:
Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
The
Capacity Committee will meet to
consider the Terms of Reference (TOR)
approved by the Council, including the
direction to develop capacity reduction
alternatives for scallop and groundfish
fisheries. The Committee will detail a
strategy for addressing the TOR,
including identifying information
requirements and a schedule of
meetings with specific milestone goals
in order to complete final
recommendations to the Council by
March 2006.
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
listed in this notice and any issues
arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978–
465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton 4 Points Hotel, 407 Squire
Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone:
(781) 284–7800; fax: (781) 284–1886.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
ADDRESSES:
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Endangered Species; File No. 1547
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; application for permit
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (Kathryn
Hattala, Principal Investigator; Gregg
Kenney, Primary Contact/CoInvestigator), 21 South Putt Corners
Road, New Paltz, NY 12561, has applied
in due form for a permit to take
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
brevirostrum) for purposes of scientific
research.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
September 7, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment
in the following offices:
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Northeast Region, NMFS, One
Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930–2298; phone (978)281–9328; fax
(978)281–9394.
Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on this application
should be mailed to the Chief, Permits,
Conservation and Education Division,
F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should
set forth the specific reasons why a
hearing on this particular request would
be appropriate.
Comments may also be submitted by
facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided
the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy
submitted by mail and postmarked no
later than the closing date of the
comment period.
Comments may also be submitted by
e-mail. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include
in the subject line of the e-mail
comment the following document
identifier: File No. 1547.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shane Guan or Carrie Hubard, (301)713–
2289.
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The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Endangered Species Act
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.) and the regulations
governing the taking, importing, and
exporting of endangered and threatened
species (50 CFR 222–226).
The New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation proposes
to conduct scientific research to
evaluate seasonal movement of
shortnose sturgeon in Haverstraw and
Newburgh Bays of the Hudson River. A
maximum of 500 adult and juvenile
shortnose sturgeon would be captured
with gill nets, measured, weighed,
scanned for tags, PIT and Carlin tagged
if untagged, and released annually. The
permit is requested for a duration of 5
years.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: August 1, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a proposal for
EFPs to conduct experimental fishing;
request for comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Northeast Region, NMFS (Assistant
Regional Administrator) has made a
preliminary determination that the
subject Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP)
application contains all the required
information and warrants further
consideration. The Assistant Regional
Administrator has also made a
preliminary determination that the
activities authorized under the EFP
would be consistent with the goals and
objectives of the Northeast (NE)
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). However, further review and
consultation may be necessary before a
final determination is made to issue the
EFP. Therefore, NMFS announces that
the Assistant Regional Administrator
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080105D]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Capacity Committee in August, 2005
to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to
the full Council
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for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2005, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton 4 Points Hotel, 407
Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone: (781) 284-7800; fax: (781)
284-1886.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Capacity Committee will meet to consider
the Terms of Reference (TOR) approved by the Council, including the
direction to develop capacity reduction alternatives for scallop and
groundfish fisheries. The Committee will detail a strategy for
addressing the TOR, including identifying information requirements and
a schedule of meetings with specific milestone goals in order to
complete final recommendations to the Council by March 2006.
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 listed in this notice and any issues arising
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 3, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-4246 Filed 8-5-05; 8:45 am]
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