New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 61940 [E5-5960]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 207 / Thursday, October 27, 2005 / Notices
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.
[FR Doc. E5–5959 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am]
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Special Accommodations
[I.D. 102105C]
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.
[FR Doc. E5–5960 Filed 10–26–05; 8:45 am]
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[I.D. 101905A]
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
PO 00000
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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. 102105C]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; committee meeting.
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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.
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.
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.
[FR Doc. E5-5960 Filed 10-26-05; 8:45 am]
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