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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathalie War, SAC Coordinator SBNMS,
175 Edward Foster Road, Scituate, MA
02066, 781–545–8026 extension 206,
nathalie.ward@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary Advisory Council was
established in March 2001 to assure
continued public participation in the
management of the Sanctuary. Serving
in a volunteer capacity, the Advisory
Council’s 21 voting members represent
a variety of local user groups, as well as
the general public, plus seven local,
State and Federal Government
jurisdictions. Since its establishment,
the Advisory Council has played a vital
role in advising the Sanctuary and
NOAA on critical issues and is currently
focused on the sanctuary’s development
of a new 5-year management plan.
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary encompasses 842 square
miles of ocean, stretching between Cape
Ann and Cape Code. Renowned for its
scenic beauty and remarkable
productivity, the sanctuary supports a
rich diversity of marine life including
marine mammals, more than 30 species
of seabirds, over 100 species of fishes,
and hundreds of marine invertebrates
and plants.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. Section 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: October 20, 2005.
Daniel J. Basta
Director, National Marine Sanctuary Program,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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[I.D. 102105B]
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) will
hold a 3-day Council meeting on
November 15–17, 2005, to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 beginning
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at 8:30 a.m. and on Wednesday and
Thursday, November 16 and 17,
beginning at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, 35
Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601;
telephone: (508) 775–7775.
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:
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Following introductions, the Council
will receive reports from the Council
Chairman and Executive Director, the
NMFS Regional Administrator,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council liaisons, NOAA General
Counsel and representatives of the U.S.
Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement and
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission. The Council will receive a
report from its Magnuson-Stevens
Committee which is seeking approval of
additional NEFMC positions on bills to
reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act. The afternoon session will consist
of a report from the Groundfish
Oversight Committee on the continued
development of management measures
for Framework Adjustment 42 to the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). The Council
will refine development of alternatives
to meet Amendment 13 mortality
objectives based on committee advice.
Also, measures for both commercial and
recreational fishermen may be
discussed, including among other
measures, modifications to days-at-sea,
gear and possession limits for
commercial vessels and modifications to
bag limits, seasons and closed areas for
recreational vessels. Final approval of
Framework 42 measures will not be
made until the January 2006 meeting.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
During the morning session, the
Council will discuss and take action on
a request to NMFS for reassignment of
the Dogfish/Monkfish FMP
responsibilities for dogfish and
monkfish. The Spiny Dogfish
Committee report will follow for
consideration and approval of NEFMC
recommendations for spiny dogfish
fishery specifications for the 2006–07
fishing year and consideration of multiyear specifications (2006–08).
Specifications will likely include
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overall total allowable catch (TAC)
levels and trip limits for spiny dogfish.
Following a review of public and
Advisory Panel comments and Herring
Committee recommendations, the
Herring Committee chairman will seek
approval of a final management
alternative and independent
management measures for inclusion in
Amendment 1 to the Herring FMP. Final
management alternatives may include a
limited access program for the herring
fishery and a seasonal purse seine/fixed
gear-only area in the inshore Gulf of
Maine (GOM). Independent measures
may include a proxy for maximum
sustainable yield, adjustments to the
herring fishery specification process,
adjustments to herring management area
boundaries, establishment of bycatch
caps for groundfish stocks of concern,
measures to address bycatch monitoring
and reporting, changes to the regulatory
definition of midwater trawl gear and
other measures.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
The morning session will begin with
the Habitat Committee’s review of the
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Omnibus
Amendment topics including a
summary of the deliberations of the
Habitat Committee and its Advisory
Panel. Following a brief open comment
period for the public to discuss items
relevant to Council business, but not
otherwise listed on the agenda, the
Scallop Committee will seek final
approval of Framework Adjustment 18
to the Sea Scallop FMP. Alternatives
include area rotation measures,
specifications for trip and days-at-sea
(DAS) allocations in 2006 and 2007, a
procedure to adjust the Elephant Trunk
Area in 2007 and open area allocations
based on surveys of scallop biomass, an
increase in the crew limits for
controlled access area trip exchanges,
the broken trip limit exemption program
and research set aside program. In the
afternoon session, the Executive
Director will seek approval of Council
priorities of management actions for
2006. Any other outstanding business
will be addressed at the end of the day.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
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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: October 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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)
Habitat/Marine Protected Area (MPA)
Oversight Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, November 14, 2005, from 9:30
a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street,
Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone:
(508)339–2200.
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:
1. The Committee will continue work
on elements of the Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) Omnibus Amendment 2
including, but not limited to,
consideration of Advisory Panel gear
descriptions; review and refinement of
EFH designations; consideration of
Habitat Areas of Particular Concern and
review and consideration of comments
received on modified notice of intent.
2. The Committee may review the
Ecosystem Workshop results.
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3. The Committee will be briefed on
the proposed non-fishing projects that
may adversely effect EFH.
4. The Committee may consider other
topics at their 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.
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: October 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Endangered Species; File No. 1518
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for
modification of a scientific research
permit.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
Carlos Diez, Departamento de Recursos
Naturales y Abmientales de Puerto Rico,
P.O. Box 9066600, San Juan, Puerto Rico
00906–6600, has requested a
modification to scientific research
Permit No. 1518.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail
comments must be received on or before
November 28, 2005.
ADDRESSES: The modification request
and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following office(s):
Permits, Conservation and Education
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
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13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)713–2289; fax (301)427–2521; and
Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th
Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701;
phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–
5309;
Written comments or requests for a
public hearing on this request should be
submitted 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 modification
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. 1518.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick Opay or Kate Swails, (301)713–
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
subject modification to Permit No. 1518,
issued on August 15, 2005 (70 FR
47813), is requested under the authority
of the Endangered Species Act of 1973,
as amended (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).
Permit No. 1518 currently authorizes
the permit holder to study green and
hawksbill sea turtles. The purpose of the
research is to identify marine habitat,
determine distribution and abundance,
determine sex ratios, evaluate the extent
of ingestion of marine debris, determine
growth rates and sexual maturity, and
quantify threats. Mr. Diez will annually
capture up to 320 hawksbill and 250
green sea turtles by hand or
entanglement net. All turtles will be
measured, weighed, tagged, and blood
sampled. A subset of animals will be
lavaged and have transmitters attached
to them. One leatherback sea turtle
could be incidentally captured during
the course of the studies but would be
released alive. The permit is issued for
5 years. The permit holder requests a
modification to the permit that would
allow skin biopsy of 190 green and
hawksbill sea turtles. A subset of 10
green turtles would undergo
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 102105B]
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) will hold
a 3-day Council meeting on November 15-17, 2005, to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 15, 2005 beginning
at 8:30 a.m. and on Wednesday and Thursday, November 16 and 17,
beginning at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton
Hotel, 35 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA 02601; telephone: (508) 775-7775.
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:
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Following introductions, the Council will receive reports from the
Council Chairman and Executive Director, the NMFS Regional
Administrator, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council liaisons, NOAA General Counsel and
representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement and the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. The Council will receive a
report from its Magnuson-Stevens Committee which is seeking approval of
additional NEFMC positions on bills to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The afternoon session will
consist of a report from the Groundfish Oversight Committee on the
continued development of management measures for Framework Adjustment
42 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The
Council will refine development of alternatives to meet Amendment 13
mortality objectives based on committee advice. Also, measures for both
commercial and recreational fishermen may be discussed, including among
other measures, modifications to days-at-sea, gear and possession
limits for commercial vessels and modifications to bag limits, seasons
and closed areas for recreational vessels. Final approval of Framework
42 measures will not be made until the January 2006 meeting.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
During the morning session, the Council will discuss and take
action on a request to NMFS for reassignment of the Dogfish/Monkfish
FMP responsibilities for dogfish and monkfish. The Spiny Dogfish
Committee report will follow for consideration and approval of NEFMC
recommendations for spiny dogfish fishery specifications for the 2006-
07 fishing year and consideration of multi-year specifications (2006-
08). Specifications will likely include overall total allowable catch
(TAC) levels and trip limits for spiny dogfish. Following a review of
public and Advisory Panel comments and Herring Committee
recommendations, the Herring Committee chairman will seek approval of a
final management alternative and independent management measures for
inclusion in Amendment 1 to the Herring FMP. Final management
alternatives may include a limited access program for the herring
fishery and a seasonal purse seine/fixed gear-only area in the inshore
Gulf of Maine (GOM). Independent measures may include a proxy for
maximum sustainable yield, adjustments to the herring fishery
specification process, adjustments to herring management area
boundaries, establishment of bycatch caps for groundfish stocks of
concern, measures to address bycatch monitoring and reporting, changes
to the regulatory definition of midwater trawl gear and other measures.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
The morning session will begin with the Habitat Committee's review
of the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Omnibus Amendment topics including
a summary of the deliberations of the Habitat Committee and its
Advisory Panel. Following a brief open comment period for the public to
discuss items relevant to Council business, but not otherwise listed on
the agenda, the Scallop Committee will seek final approval of Framework
Adjustment 18 to the Sea Scallop FMP. Alternatives include area
rotation measures, specifications for trip and days-at-sea (DAS)
allocations in 2006 and 2007, a procedure to adjust the Elephant Trunk
Area in 2007 and open area allocations based on surveys of scallop
biomass, an increase in the crew limits for controlled access area trip
exchanges, the broken trip limit exemption program and research set
aside program. In the afternoon session, the Executive Director will
seek approval of Council priorities of management actions for 2006. Any
other outstanding business will be addressed at the end of the day.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council 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 that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
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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: October 21, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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