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households.
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minutes.
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Hours: 550.
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approval of this information collection;
they also will become a matter of public
record.
Dated: August 17, 2005.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 081705B]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Notice of Crab
Rationalization Program Public
Workshop
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshop.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: NMFS will present a public
workshop on the new Crab
Rationalization Program (Program) for
participants in the Bering Sea and
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Aleutian Islands (BSAI) king and
Tanner crab fisheries. At this workshop,
NMFS will review the Program, discuss
the key Program elements, provide
information on the application process,
and answer questions. This workshop is
specifically intended to address issues
related to the Arbitration System
portion of the Program. NMFS is
conducting this public workshop to
assist participants in complying with
the requirements of this new Program.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5–4608 Filed 8–22–05; 8:45 am]
The workshop will be held on
Thursday, September 1, 2005, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time
(PST).
[I.D. 081705A]
The workshop will be held
at the Leif Erickson Hall, 2245
Northwest 57th Street, Seattle, WA.
AGENCY:
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Glenn Merrill, telephone: 907–586–
7228; e-mail: glenn.merrill@noaa.gov.
On March
2, 2005, NMFS published a final rule
implementing the Program as
Amendments 18 and 19 to the Fishery
Management Plan for Bering Sea/
Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs
(70 FR 10174).
NMFS conducted four public
workshops in March and April of 2005
in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington to
assist fishery participants in complying
with the requirements of the Program.
At these workshops, NMFS reviewed
the Program, discussed the key Program
elements, and provided information on
the application process. NMFS
conducted an additional workshop on
the Arbitration System in Seattle, WA,
on May 9, 2005.
As with the May workshop, the
September 1, 2005 workshop is
intended to specifically focus on the
Arbitration System. Elements related to
economic data collection, monitoring
and enforcement, electronic reporting,
quota share and individual fishing quota
application and transfer provisions, the
appeals process, fee collection, and the
loan program may be addressed
secondarily. Additionally, NMFS will
answer questions from workshop
participants. For further information on
the Crab Rationalization Program, please
visit the NMFS Alaska Region Internet
site at www.fakr.noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
This workshop is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for special accommodations
should be directed to Glenn Merrill (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) at
least 5 working days before the
workshop date.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Hearings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public hearing.
SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
convene a public hearing to solicit
comments on a Regulatory Amendment
to the Reef Fish Fishery Management
Plan to Set Commercial and
Recreational Management Measures for
Grouper.
DATES: The public hearing will held on
Wednesday, September 7, 2005. The
hearing will begin at 6 p.m. and
conclude no later than 10:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be
held at the Best Western The Westshore
Hotel, 1200 North Westshore Boulevard,
Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: (813) 282–
3636.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Stu Kennedy, Fishery Biologist, Gulf of
Mexico Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (813) 348–1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
of Mexico Fishery Management Council
(Council) will convene a public hearing
to solicit comments on a Regulatory
Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan to set Commercial
and Recreational Management Measures
for Grouper.
Proposed measures include setting
grouper trip limits for the commercial
fishery, reduce recreational red grouper
harvest in the Gulf of Mexico, and
minimize associated impacts on gag and
other groupers.
This Regulatory Amendment will
address measures to set commercial trip
limits for deep-water and shallow-water
grouper to extend the fishing season
into December, reduce recreational red
grouper harvest in the Gulf of Mexico,
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and minimize associated impacts on gag
and other groupers: Secretarial
Amendment 1 to the Reef Fish Fishery
Management Plan of the Gulf of Mexico
established a rebuilding plan and 6.56
million pounds of gutted weight
allowable biological catch for red
grouper. During 2003 and 2004,
recreational red grouper landings
exceeded the 1.25 million pounds
gutted weight recreational allocation
and during 2004, commercial fishing
was closed on November 15 because the
commercial quota was reached. In
March 2005, the NMFS implemented an
emergency rule to set trip limits but
they will expire in February 2006 unless
continued through this regulatory
amendment. In July 2005, the NMFS
implemented an interim rule to reduce
the 2005 recreational red grouper
harvest to levels in Secretarial
Amendment 1 but they will expire in
January 2006 unless continued through
this regulatory amendment. The
purpose of this regulatory amendment is
to adjust regulatory management
measures for the Gulf of Mexico red
grouper fishery. New or adjusted
management measures are needed if the
Council intends to reduce the adverse
socioeconomic effects of derby fishing
in the commercial fishery, return
recreational landings to levels specified
in the red grouper rebuilding plan, and
prevent or minimize impacts on gag and
other groupers resulting from more
restrictive recreational red grouper
regulations.
A copy of the Amendment and related
materials can be obtained by calling the
Council office at (813) 348–1630.
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
Dawn Aring at the Council (see
ADDRESSES) by August 29, 2005.
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Dated: August 18, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5–4600 Filed 8–22–05; 8:45 am]
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increase in the crew limits for
controlled access area trips; a new
bycatch data collection and monitoring
program; changes in controlled access
area trip exchange measures and
deadlines; a measure to further
liberalize the broken trip exemption
program, and changes in the research
set-aside program.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 8:30
a.m.
[I.D. 081705C]
Continuation of above 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.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; committee meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scallop Oversight Committee will meet
to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The two-day meeting will be
held on Wednesday, September 7, 2005,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday,
September 8, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 5
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Four Points by Sheraton, 407 Squire
Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone:
(781) 284–7200.
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 items
of discussion in the committee’s agenda
are as follows:
Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 9
a.m.
The Oversight Committee will review
the analysis of alternatives in
Framework Adjustment 18 (FW 18) and
identify preferred alternatives. The
Council will take a final vote on these
recommendations when it meets on
September 13–15, 2005 in Fairhaven,
MA. FW 18 includes alternatives
addressing the following: area rotation
measures; specifications for trip and
days-at-sea (DAS) allocations in 2006
and 2007; a proposed Notice Action
procedure to adjust 2007 Elephant
Trunk Area and open area allocations
based on surveys of scallop biomass;
measures to constrain the growth of the
general category scallop fishery; an
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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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5–4598 Filed 8–22–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[I.D. 081805A]
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory entities will hold public
meetings.
The Council and its advisory
entities will meet September 18–23,
2005. The Council meeting will begin
on Monday, September 19, at 4 p.m.,
reconvening each day through Friday.
All meetings are open to the public,
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 081705A]
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public hearing.
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SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will
convene a public hearing to solicit comments on a Regulatory Amendment
to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to Set Commercial and
Recreational Management Measures for Grouper.
DATES: The public hearing will held on Wednesday, September 7, 2005.
The hearing will begin at 6 p.m. and conclude no later than 10:30 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The public hearing will be held at the Best Western The
Westshore Hotel, 1200 North Westshore Boulevard, Tampa, FL 33607;
telephone: (813) 282-3636.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Stu Kennedy, Fishery Biologist,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; telephone: (813) 348-1630.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council (Council) will convene a public hearing to solicit comments on
a Regulatory Amendment to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan to set
Commercial and Recreational Management Measures for Grouper.
Proposed measures include setting grouper trip limits for the
commercial fishery, reduce recreational red grouper harvest in the Gulf
of Mexico, and minimize associated impacts on gag and other groupers.
This Regulatory Amendment will address measures to set commercial
trip limits for deep-water and shallow-water grouper to extend the
fishing season into December, reduce recreational red grouper harvest
in the Gulf of Mexico,
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and minimize associated impacts on gag and other groupers: Secretarial
Amendment 1 to the Reef Fish Fishery Management Plan of the Gulf of
Mexico established a rebuilding plan and 6.56 million pounds of gutted
weight allowable biological catch for red grouper. During 2003 and
2004, recreational red grouper landings exceeded the 1.25 million
pounds gutted weight recreational allocation and during 2004,
commercial fishing was closed on November 15 because the commercial
quota was reached. In March 2005, the NMFS implemented an emergency
rule to set trip limits but they will expire in February 2006 unless
continued through this regulatory amendment. In July 2005, the NMFS
implemented an interim rule to reduce the 2005 recreational red grouper
harvest to levels in Secretarial Amendment 1 but they will expire in
January 2006 unless continued through this regulatory amendment. The
purpose of this regulatory amendment is to adjust regulatory management
measures for the Gulf of Mexico red grouper fishery. New or adjusted
management measures are needed if the Council intends to reduce the
adverse socioeconomic effects of derby fishing in the commercial
fishery, return recreational landings to levels specified in the red
grouper rebuilding plan, and prevent or minimize impacts on gag and
other groupers resulting from more restrictive recreational red grouper
regulations.
A copy of the Amendment and related materials can be obtained by
calling the Council office at (813) 348-1630.
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 Dawn Aring at the Council (see ADDRESSES) by
August 29, 2005.
Dated: August 18, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-4600 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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