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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 of a public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Multispecies Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, 50
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923;
telephone: (978) 777–2500.
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
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England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
The items
of discussion in the committee’s agenda
are as follows:
1. Continue development of
Amendment 16 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
(FMP). Amendment 16 will adjust
measures as necessary to continue the
rebuilding programs adopted by
Amendment 13. Measures proposed in
Amendment 16 are expected to be
implemented on May 1, 2009. The
Committee will develop management
alternatives consistent with guidance
provided by the Council at the February
2007 Council meeting.
2. They may discuss measures for the
commercial fishery, such as changes to
the days-at-sea system, individual
fishing quotas, area management
proposals, sectors, and the points
system. They may also discuss
recreational measures. Any measures
developed by the Committee will be
reviewed by the Council at a future
meeting.
3. Other business 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.
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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 30, 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. 012907A]
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Scallop
Plan Team will meet at the Anchorage
Hilton Hotel, in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
February 22–23, 2007. On Thursday,
February 22, the meeting will be held
from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on
Friday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West
3rd Avenue, 15th Floor - King Salmon
Room, Anchorage, AK 99501
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diana Stram, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agenda will include review of the Draft
Assessment Review Guidelines;
Discussion of current and future scallop
survey techniques, discussion of Scallop
population modeling feasibility; Review
Status of Statewide Scallop Stocks and
compile Stock Assessment and Fishery
Evaluation (SAFE) Report; a Scallop
observer training film presentation; and
community impact discussion paper.
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 Gail
Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Council) Ad
Hoc Trawl Individual Quota Committee
(TIQC) will hold a working meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The TIQC meeting will be held
Tuesday, February 20, 2007, from 1 p.m.
until business for the day is completed.
The TIQC will reconvene on
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, at 8:30
a.m. and meet until business for the day
is completed. The TIQC will reconvene
on Thursday, February 22, 2007, at 8:30
a.m. and adjourn no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The TIQC meeting will be
held at the Red Lion Hotel - On the
River Jantzen Beach, Multnomah Room,
909 N Hayden Island Drive, Portland,
OR 97217; telephone: (503) 283–4466.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Jim Seger, Staff Officer; telephone: (503)
820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Council is considering an individual
quota program to cover limited entry
trawl landings in the West Coast
groundfish fishery. Permit stacking and
cooperative alternatives are also being
considered. The purpose of the TIQC
working meeting is to review and
further develop alternatives under
analysis, with particular emphasis on
the Groundfish Allocation Committee
(GAC) report from the GAC’s December
meeting and Groundfish Management
Team comments from the GMT’s
January 2007 meeting.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the TIQC meeting agenda
may come before the TIQC for
discussion, those issues may not be the
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subject of formal TIQC action during
these meetings. TIQC action will be
restricted to those issues specifically
listed in this notice and to any issues
arising after publication of this notice
requiring emergency action under
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the TIQC’s intent to take final
action to address the emergency.
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms.
Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR) Steering Committee; Public
Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet to discuss the
SEDAR schedule through 2012; consider
modifications to the SEDAR process;
review research and monitoring needs;
and discuss a process for addressing
post-review assessment corrections.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Tuesday, February 20,
2007, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and
Wednesday, February 21, 2007, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King
Street, Charleston, SC 29403; telephone:
(843) 723–0600; fax: (543) 853–2166.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Carmichael, SEDAR Program Manager,
SEDAR/SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place, Suite
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201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520.
The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils; in
conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; implemented the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks.
The SEDAR Steering Committee
provides oversight of the SEDAR
process, establishes assessment
priorities, and provides coordination
between assessment efforts and
management activities. The SEDAR
Steering Committee meets twice
annually.
During this meeting the Steering
Committee will consider benchmark
assessments during 2009 - 2012 and
update assessments in 2008 and 2009.
The Committee will receive reports from
the Councils regarding research and
monitoring priorities. The Committee
will discuss procedures for addressing
assessment corrections that arise after
the review. The Committee will develop
a list of species to be assessed on a
regular basis and a list of species of
concern that will be assessed less
frequently.
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.
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 the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council office see ADDRESSES at least 3
business days prior to the meeting.
Dated: January 30, 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. 012907A]
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) Scallop
Plan Team will meet at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on February 22-23, 2007. On Thursday,
February 22, the meeting will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on
Friday, February 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500
West 3rd Avenue, 15th Floor - King Salmon Room, Anchorage, AK 99501
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana Stram, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271-2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda will include review of the Draft
Assessment Review Guidelines; Discussion of current and future scallop
survey techniques, discussion of Scallop population modeling
feasibility; Review Status of Statewide Scallop Stocks and compile
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report; a Scallop
observer training film presentation; and community impact discussion
paper.
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 Gail Bendixen at (907) 271-2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: January 30, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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