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NMFS also solicits the names and
affiliations of experts from the academic
and scientific community, tribes,
Federal and state agencies, and the
private sector for consideration as
potential Task Force members. A Task
Force, established under MMPA section
120 must, to the maximum extent
practicable, consist of an equitable
balance among representatives of
resource users and non-users as
outlined above. The cover letter to the
states’ application included a list of
suggested agencies and organizations for
inclusion in the Task Force (see
Electronic Access). Nominations for
Task Force membership must include
sufficient background information (e.g.,
1–page resume) on the candidate to
allow us to judge their expertise and
should indicate the prospective
candidate’s willingness to serve without
compensation.
Dated: January 23, 2007.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council), its
Bycatch/Limited Access Privilege
Program (LAPP) Committee, its
Ecosystem Committee, its Tilefish
Committee, its Executive Committee,
and its Law Enforcement Committee
will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 through
Thursday, February 15, 2007. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn Select, 630 Naamans
Rd., Claymont, DE; telephone: (302)
791–2700.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 300 S. New
Street, Dover, DE 19904.
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Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331, ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
10 a.m. to 12 noon - The Bycatch/
LAPP Committee will meet.
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - The Ecosystem
Committee will meet.
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - The Tilefish
Committee with meet.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. - The Executive
Committee will meet.
10 a.m. - The Council will convene,
at which time Regular Council business
will be conducted. The Council will
receive a report on the outcome on the
44th Stock Assessment Review.
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - The Council will
review Framework 7 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
[Meeting1].
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. - The Council will
meet to review and approve
Amendment 14 to Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP [Scup
Rebuilding Plan].
Thursday, February 15, 2007
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - The Law
Enforcement Committee will meet.
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - The Council
will convene and receive a presentation
on Northeast Monitoring Program
(NEAMAP).
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. - The Council
will received an update from the South
Atlantic Council regarding its SnapperGrouper FMP.
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - The Council
will review and adopt Amendment 9 to
Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish FMP.
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - The Council
will discuss Amendment 10 to the
Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish FMP.
1:30 p.m. until adjournment - The
Council will receive committee reports
and address any continuing or new
business.
Agenda items for the Council’s
committees and the Council itself are:
The Bycatch/LAPP Committee will
review and evaluate public comments
on proposed Standardized Bycatch
Reporting Methodology (SBRM)
Amendment, discuss and develop a
Council position regarding Secretarial
submission of the SBRM Amendment,
and review the reauthorized MagnusonStevens Act (MSA) LAPP charge.
The Ecosystems Committee will
discuss: NMFS perspective on liquified
natural gas (LNG) facilities and
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windmill farms, industry (Blue Water
Wind) perspective on offshore energy
sources, Ecosystem Approach to Fishery
Management, reauthorized MSA study
requirement for regional ecosystem
based management and research,
exclusive economic zone (EEZ) artificial
reef management, Corps of Engineers
(COE) permit conditions, and special
management zones.
The Tilefish Committee will review
Fishery Management Action Team
(FMAT) progress regarding Amendment
1 and provide guidance regarding future
actions.
The Executive Committee will review
new requirements regarding the
reauthorized MSA and associated
timelines. As a minimum, the
Committee will discuss the role of the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) in future Council actions; discuss
how best to integrate MSA and National
Environmental Protection Agency
(NEPA); address overcapitalization and
excess harvesting capacity; and, discuss
the integration of cooperative research,
experimental fishing permits and
research set-aside (RSA). The
Committee will also discuss utilization
of Joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission/Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (ASMFC/MAFMC)
advisors.
When the Council convenes, it will
conduct its regular business session and
receive a report on the 44th Stock
Assessment Review to include
surfclams, ocean quahogs and skate.
Meeting 1 of Framework 7 to Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
FMP will be held to review options/
alternatives regarding a mechanism to
change biological reference points
during the specification setting process
following stock assessment reviews. The
Council will then review and discuss
public hearing and written comments
concerning Amendment 14 to the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass FMP [Scup Rebuilding Plan],
decide and adopt final measures to be
included in Amendment 14, and
approve Amendment 14 for Secretarial
submission.
The Law Enforcement Committee will
discuss enforcement priorities for the
2007 fishing year, address maritime
security issues impacting the fishing
industry, and develop list of potential
actions for the Committee in 2007.
The Council will receive a
presentation on the NEAMAP and
receive an update from the South
Atlantic Council regarding its SnapperGrouper FMP. The Council will review
and approve Amendment 9 to Squid,
Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP for
Secretarial submission. The Council
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will receive an update on the timeline
and status of butterfish rebuilding
efforts and discuss the use and role of
SSC in addressing butterfish stock
rebuilding (Amendment 10 to Squid,
Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP). This
will be followed by committee reports
and any continuing or new business.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before the Council for discussion, these
issues may not be the subject of formal
Council action during these meetings.
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 the
public has been notified of the Council’s
intent to take final actions to address
such emergencies.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
(302) 674–2331 ext: 18, at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 25, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The 94th meeting of the
Western Pacific Regional Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) will convene Tuesday, February
20, 2007, through Thursday February
22, 2007. The meeting will be held
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
specific times, dates, and agenda items.
ADDRESSES: The SSC meeting will be
held at the Council Office Conference
Room, 1164 Bishop St., Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI; telephone: (808) 522–
8220.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
9 a.m., Tuesday, February 20, 2007
1. Introductions
2. Approval of draft agenda and
assignment of rapporteurs
3. Approval of the minutes of the 92nd
meeting
4. Report of the Pacific Science Center
Director
5. Status of Stocks
A. Report to Congress
B. SSC participation in stock
assessment review process
6. Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)
Reauthorization
A. Total Allowable Catches (TACs)
B. Limited Access Privilege Programs
(LAPPs)
C. Recreational fisher registration
D. Stipend
7. Ecosystem and Habitat
A. Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP)
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (PEIS) update
B. Essential Fish Habitat (EFH)
revisions
C. Ecosystem Policy Workshop
D. Public Comment
E. Discussion and Recommendations
8. Protected Species
A. Monk Seal Fatty Acid Study report
B. Marine Mammal Advisory
Committee (MMAC)
C. Public Comment
D. Discussion and Recommendations
9. Insular Fisheries
Precious Corals and Crustaceans
i. Ecological impacts of Carijoa riisei
on black coral habitat
ii. Northwestern Hawaiian Island
(NWHI) Lobster Research
iii. Public Comment
iv. Discussion and Recommendations
8:30 a.m,. Wednesday, February 21,
2007
A. Bottomfish and Seamount
Groundfish
B. Revising NWHI bottomfish zones
C. Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI)
bottomfish
D. Insular Stock Assessment
E. Public Comment
F. Discussion and Recommendations
10. Pelagics Fisheries
A. Pelagic/TAC framework
B. Council shark project
C. Guam longline area closure
D. American Samoa and Hawaii
Longline quarterly reports
E. International Fisheries
a. Western and Central Pacific Fishery
Commission (WCPFC3)
b. Tuna Regional Fishery Management
Organization (RFMO) Meeting
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c. Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC)
d. Bycatch Consortium
F. Public Comment
G. Discussion and Recommendations
8:30 a.m., Thursday, February 22, 2007
11. Other Business
95th SSC meeting
12. Summary of SSC Recommendations
to the Council - Paul Callaghan
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds,
(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522–
8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 25, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 012407A]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its
Bycatch/Limited Access Privilege Program (LAPP) Committee, its
Ecosystem Committee, its Tilefish Committee, its Executive Committee,
and its Law Enforcement Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, February 13, 2007 through
Thursday, February 15, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Select, 630
Naamans Rd., Claymont, DE; telephone: (302) 791-2700.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19904.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331,
ext. 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
10 a.m. to 12 noon - The Bycatch/LAPP Committee will meet.
1 p.m. to 4 p.m. - The Ecosystem Committee will meet.
4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. - The Tilefish Committee with meet.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
8 a.m. to 10 a.m. - The Executive Committee will meet.
10 a.m. - The Council will convene, at which time Regular Council
business will be conducted. The Council will receive a report on the
outcome on the 44th Stock Assessment Review.
2 p.m. to 4 p.m. - The Council will review Framework 7 to the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
[Meeting1].
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. - The Council will meet to review and approve
Amendment 14 to Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP [Scup
Rebuilding Plan].
Thursday, February 15, 2007
8 a.m. to 9 a.m. - The Law Enforcement Committee will meet.
9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. - The Council will convene and receive a
presentation on Northeast Monitoring Program (NEAMAP).
10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. - The Council will received an update from
the South Atlantic Council regarding its Snapper-Grouper FMP.
11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. - The Council will review and adopt Amendment
9 to Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish FMP.
11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - The Council will discuss Amendment 10 to
the Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish FMP.
1:30 p.m. until adjournment - The Council will receive committee
reports and address any continuing or new business.
Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself
are:
The Bycatch/LAPP Committee will review and evaluate public comments
on proposed Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM)
Amendment, discuss and develop a Council position regarding Secretarial
submission of the SBRM Amendment, and review the reauthorized Magnuson-
Stevens Act (MSA) LAPP charge.
The Ecosystems Committee will discuss: NMFS perspective on
liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities and windmill farms, industry
(Blue Water Wind) perspective on offshore energy sources, Ecosystem
Approach to Fishery Management, reauthorized MSA study requirement for
regional ecosystem based management and research, exclusive economic
zone (EEZ) artificial reef management, Corps of Engineers (COE) permit
conditions, and special management zones.
The Tilefish Committee will review Fishery Management Action Team
(FMAT) progress regarding Amendment 1 and provide guidance regarding
future actions.
The Executive Committee will review new requirements regarding the
reauthorized MSA and associated timelines. As a minimum, the Committee
will discuss the role of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC)
in future Council actions; discuss how best to integrate MSA and
National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA); address
overcapitalization and excess harvesting capacity; and, discuss the
integration of cooperative research, experimental fishing permits and
research set-aside (RSA). The Committee will also discuss utilization
of Joint Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission/Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (ASMFC/MAFMC) advisors.
When the Council convenes, it will conduct its regular business
session and receive a report on the 44th Stock Assessment Review to
include surfclams, ocean quahogs and skate. Meeting 1 of Framework 7 to
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP will be held to review
options/alternatives regarding a mechanism to change biological
reference points during the specification setting process following
stock assessment reviews. The Council will then review and discuss
public hearing and written comments concerning Amendment 14 to the
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP [Scup Rebuilding Plan],
decide and adopt final measures to be included in Amendment 14, and
approve Amendment 14 for Secretarial submission.
The Law Enforcement Committee will discuss enforcement priorities
for the 2007 fishing year, address maritime security issues impacting
the fishing industry, and develop list of potential actions for the
Committee in 2007.
The Council will receive a presentation on the NEAMAP and receive
an update from the South Atlantic Council regarding its Snapper-Grouper
FMP. The Council will review and approve Amendment 9 to Squid,
Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP for Secretarial submission. The Council
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will receive an update on the timeline and status of butterfish
rebuilding efforts and discuss the use and role of SSC in addressing
butterfish stock rebuilding (Amendment 10 to Squid, Mackerel, and
Butterfish FMP). This will be followed by committee reports and any
continuing or new business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before the Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during these meetings. 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 the
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final actions
to address such emergencies.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 674-2331
ext: 18, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 25, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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