North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings, 10712-10713 [E7-4223]

Download as PDF 10712 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 46 / Friday, March 9, 2007 / Notices Dated: March 6, 2007. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7–4222 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] Dated: March 6, 2007. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7–4224 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S BILLING CODE 3510–22–S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 030507G] [I.D. 030507E] Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration AGENCY: jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES SUMMARY: The Trawl Survey Advisory Panel, composed of representatives from the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), and several independent scientific researchers, will hold a public meeting. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 4, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Providence Airport, 1850 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886, telephone: (401) 738–4000. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: (302) 674–2331. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674– 2331, extension 19. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to tour the new research vessel FSV Henry B. Bigelow, discuss Protocol Development Cruises, NEFSC’s upcoming Calibration Design Workshop, NEAMAP cruise usage in defining differences between inshore and offshore stations, and gear standardization issues. Special Accommodations The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Bryan at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office, (302) 674–2331 extension 18, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:24 Mar 08, 2007 Jkt 211001 Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for Frm 00083 Dated: March 6, 2007. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7–4221 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Ad Hoc Sector Omnibus Committee (Committee) in March, 2007 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339–2200; fax: (508) 256–2550. 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 Committee will continue development of sector programs and operational guidelines. 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 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 Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council’s intent to take final action to address the emergency. PO 00000 sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 [I.D. 030507H] North 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 North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings in Anchorage, AK. DATES: The meetings will be held from Monday, March 26 through Tuesday, April 3, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK. Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501–2252. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff, telephone: (907) 271–2809. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, continuing through Tuesday, April 3, 2007. The Council will meet jointly with the Alaska Board of Fisheries from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28. The agenda will consist of: Halibut Charter Management; Steller Sea Lion (SSL) Recovery Plan and Biological Opinion (BiOp); Salmon Bycatch; Potential sector split for cod in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and License Limitation Program (LLP) recency in the GOA and tendering issues; Dark Rockfish in the GOA (and potential state management aspects); Request for closed area around Unalaska Bay; Arctic Management Plan discussion paper. E:\FR\FM\09MRN1.SGM 09MRN1 jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 46 / Friday, March 9, 2007 / Notices The Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, March 26 and continue through Saturday, March 31. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 26 and continue through Wednesday March 28, 2007. The Enforcement Committee will meet Tuesday, March 27, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Birch/Willow Room. The Ecosystem Committee will meet March 27, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., in the Birch/Willow Room. All meetings are open to the public, except executive sessions. Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council’s plenary session will include the following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified. 1. Reports •Executive Director’s Report (including revised National Environmenal Protection Act (NEPA) process, Statement of Oreganization, Practices, and Procedures). •NMFS Management Report (including National Bycatch Report Updates and annual catch limit guidelines). •U.S. Coast Guard Report. •Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report. •U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report. •Protected Species Report (including update on recovery plan/BiOp). 2. Charter Halibut Management: NMFS Report on International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) action; receive Stakeholder Committee report, action as necessary; Final action on Moratorium; State/Federal Management - review discussion paper; Review discussion paper on sport fish discard mortality; Initial review of analysis of Area 2C Guideline Harvest Levels (GHLs) measures; Discussion paper on halibut allocations, action as necessary; Report on Alaska Department of Fish & Game (ADF&G) logbook data (SSC only). 3. GOA Groundfish Management Review: Review discussion paper on GOA sideboards; review problem statement and develop alternatives GOA sector split; review problem statement and develop alternatives for GOA latent licenses; review discussion paper on Western GOA pollock trip limits and action as necessary. 4. Trawl LLP Recency: Review discussion paper on interactions with other limited entry programs; review discussion paper on implementation issues; action as necessary. 5. Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Management: Review 18-month BSAI Crab Review report, and take VerDate Aug<31>2005 21:24 Mar 08, 2007 Jkt 211001 action as necessary; review crab data collection protocols, action as necessary. 6. Observer Program: Progress report and action as necessary. 7. Community Development Quota (CDQ): Review of legal opinion about CDQ Program roles and responsibilities, and action as necessary (T). 8. Socioeconomic Data: Receive workgroup report on Comprehensive Socioeconomic Data Collection. 9. Scallop Management: Review and approve Scallop Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation (SAFE). 10. Groundfish Management: Discussion paper on ≤Other Species= management; final action on Dark Rockfish management; stock assessment review guidelines, action as necessary; SSCs Salmon Bycatch Workshop; action as necessary. 11. Habitat Conservation: Initial Review of Bering Sea habitat conservation measures; review Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) priorities and timing, action as necessary; final action on Essential Fish Habitat Aleutian Island open area adjustment. 12. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP): Initial review of FEP (T). 13. Arctic Management: Review discussion paper, and take action as necessary. 14. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking, and take action as necessary. 15. Other Business. The SSC agenda will include the following issues: 1. Protected Species 2. Charter Halibut Management 3. GOA Groundfish Management 4. BSAI Crab Management 5. Trawl LLP Recency 6. Socioeconomic Data 7. Scallop Management 8. Groundfish Management 9. Habitat Conservation 10. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan 11. Arctic Management The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda issues as the Council, except for reports. 10713 Dated: March 6, 2007. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7–4223 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–S CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION [CPSC Docket No. 07–C0004] Fisher-Price, Inc., a Corporation, Provisional Acceptance of a Settlement Agreement and Order Consumer Product Safety Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: It is the policy of the Commission to publish settlements which it provisionally accepts under the Consumer Product Safety Act in the Federal Register in accordance with the terms of 16 CFR 1118.20(e). Published below is a provisionally-accepted Settlement Agreement with Fisher-Price Inc., a corporation, containing a civil penalty of $975,000. DATES: Any interested person may ask the Commission not to accept this agreement or otherwise comment on its contents by filing a written request with the Office of the Secretary by March 26, 2007. ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to comment on this Settlement Agreement should send written comments to the Comment 07–C0004, Office of the Secretary, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Room 502, Bethesda, Maryland 20814– 4408. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald G. Yelenik, Trial Attorney, Office of Compliance and Field Operations, Consumer Product Safety Commission, 4330 East West Highway, Bethesda, Maryland 20814–4408; telephone (301) 504–7582. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of the Agreement and Order appears below. Dated: February 28, 2007. Todd A. Stevenson, Secretary. United States of America Special Accommodations Consumer Product Safety Commission These meetings are 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. [CPSC Docket No. 07–C0004] PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 In the Matter of Fisher-Price, Inc. a Corporation Settlement Agreement and Order 1. This Settlement Agreement is made by and between the staff (the ‘‘staff’’) of the U.S. E:\FR\FM\09MRN1.SGM 09MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 46 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4223]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030507H]


North Pacific 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 North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
advisory committees will hold public meetings in Anchorage, AK.

DATES: The meetings will be held from Monday, March 26 through Tuesday, 
April 3, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and 
times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 
West Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
    Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 
4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff, 
telephone: (907) 271-2809.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will begin its plenary session 
at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, continuing through Tuesday, April 3, 
2007. The Council will meet jointly with the Alaska Board of Fisheries 
from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 28.
    The agenda will consist of: Halibut Charter Management; Steller Sea 
Lion (SSL) Recovery Plan and Biological Opinion (BiOp); Salmon Bycatch; 
Potential sector split for cod in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and License 
Limitation Program (LLP) recency in the GOA and tendering issues; Dark 
Rockfish in the GOA (and potential state management aspects); Request 
for closed area around Unalaska Bay; Arctic Management Plan discussion 
paper.

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    The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Monday, 
March 26 and continue through Saturday, March 31.
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. 
on Monday, March 26 and continue through Wednesday March 28, 2007.
    The Enforcement Committee will meet Tuesday, March 27, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 noon, in the Birch/Willow Room.
    The Ecosystem Committee will meet March 27, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., 
in the Birch/Willow Room.
    All meetings are open to the public, except executive sessions. 
Council Plenary Session:
    The agenda for the Council's plenary session will include the 
following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the 
issues identified.
    1. Reports
    Executive Director's Report (including revised National 
Environmenal Protection Act (NEPA) process, Statement of Oreganization, 
Practices, and Procedures).
    NMFS Management Report (including National Bycatch Report 
Updates and annual catch limit guidelines).
    U.S. Coast Guard Report.
    Alaska Department of Fish & Game Report.
    U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report.
    Protected Species Report (including update on recovery 
plan/BiOp).
    2. Charter Halibut Management: NMFS Report on International Pacific 
Halibut Commission (IPHC) action; receive Stakeholder Committee report, 
action as necessary; Final action on Moratorium; State/Federal 
Management - review discussion paper; Review discussion paper on sport 
fish discard mortality; Initial review of analysis of Area 2C Guideline 
Harvest Levels (GHLs) measures; Discussion paper on halibut 
allocations, action as necessary; Report on Alaska Department of Fish & 
Game (ADF&G) logbook data (SSC only).
    3. GOA Groundfish Management Review: Review discussion paper on GOA 
sideboards; review problem statement and develop alternatives GOA 
sector split; review problem statement and develop alternatives for GOA 
latent licenses; review discussion paper on Western GOA pollock trip 
limits and action as necessary.
    4. Trawl LLP Recency: Review discussion paper on interactions with 
other limited entry programs; review discussion paper on implementation 
issues; action as necessary.
    5. Bering Sea Aleutian Island (BSAI) Crab Management: Review 18-
month BSAI Crab Review report, and take action as necessary; review 
crab data collection protocols, action as necessary.
    6. Observer Program: Progress report and action as necessary.
    7. Community Development Quota (CDQ): Review of legal opinion about 
CDQ Program roles and responsibilities, and action as necessary (T).
    8. Socioeconomic Data: Receive workgroup report on Comprehensive 
Socioeconomic Data Collection.
    9. Scallop Management: Review and approve Scallop Stock Assessment 
Fishery Evaluation (SAFE).
    10. Groundfish Management: Discussion paper on >Other Species= 
management; final action on Dark Rockfish management; stock assessment 
review guidelines, action as necessary; SSCs Salmon Bycatch Workshop; 
action as necessary.
    11. Habitat Conservation: Initial Review of Bering Sea habitat 
conservation measures; review Habitat Area of Particular Concern (HAPC) 
priorities and timing, action as necessary; final action on Essential 
Fish Habitat Aleutian Island open area adjustment.
    12. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP): Initial review of 
FEP (T).
    13. Arctic Management: Review discussion paper, and take action as 
necessary.
    14. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking, and take action 
as necessary.
    15. Other Business.
    The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
    1. Protected Species
    2. Charter Halibut Management
    3. GOA Groundfish Management
    4. BSAI Crab Management
    5. Trawl LLP Recency
    6. Socioeconomic Data
    7. Scallop Management
    8. Groundfish Management
    9. Habitat Conservation
    10. Aleutian Island Fishery Ecosystem Plan
    11. Arctic Management
    The Advisory Panel will address the same agenda issues as the 
Council, except for reports.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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.

    Dated: March 6, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-4223 Filed 3-8-07; 8:45 am]
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