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of the additional protocols is to augment
current studies on harbor seal diet and
abundance. This amendment would not
result in capture or disturbance of
marine mammals beyond those numbers
already authorized by the subject
permit.
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Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
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determination has been made that the
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Scientific Advisors.
Dated: October 3, 2007.
P. Michael Payne,
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Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
public meeting of the Habitat Protection
Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 8:30
a.m. on Thursday, October 25, 2007 and
conclude no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
the New Orleans Airport Hilton, 901
Airline Highway, New Orleans, LA;
telephone: (504) 469–5000.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa,
FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Rester, Habitat Support Specialist, Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commission;
telephone: (228) 875–5912.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this
meeting, the AP will tentatively discuss
the Louisiana Coastal Protection and
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Restoration Plan, a summary of the
Louisiana Coastal Protection and
Restoration Plan Habitat Evaluation
Team, widening of the Gulfport Harbor
Ship Channel, the Bienville Offshore
Energy Terminal Liquid Natural Gas
(LNG) Facility, Hurricane Katrina debris
removal in Louisiana coastal waters,
and potential habitat impacts from
hurricane levee construction.
The Louisiana/Mississippi group is
part of a three unit Habitat Protection
AP of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council. The principal role
of the advisory panels is to assist the
Council in attempting to maintain
optimum conditions within the habitat
and ecosystems supporting the marine
resources of the Gulf of Mexico.
Advisory panels serve as a first alert
system to call to the Council’s attention
proposed projects being developed and
other activities which may adversely
impact the Gulf marine fisheries and
their supporting ecosystems. The panels
may also provide advice to the Council
on its policies and procedures for
addressing environmental affairs.
Although other issues not on the
agenda may come before the panel for
discussion, in accordance with the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
those issues may not be the subject of
formal panel action during this meeting.
Panel action will be restricted to those
issues specifically identified in the
agenda listed as available by this notice.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained
by calling (813) 348–1630.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Tina
Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the
meeting.
Dated: October 3, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
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
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a one-day Council meeting on
October 25, 2007, to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, October 25 beginning at 9
a.m.
The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880;
telephone: (781) 245–9300.
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:
ADDRESSES:
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Following introductions, the Council
will review and approve final measures
for Framework Adjustment 19 to
Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery
Management Plan. The biennial
adjustment will set management
measures for fishing years 2008 and
2009. Among others, management
measures will include days-at-sea
allocations, access area allocations,
specific measures for the general
category fishery, minor modifications to
the observer set-aside program,
consideration of new scallop rotational
areas, a revision to the overfishing
definition, a 30-day Vessel Monitoring
System power-down provision, a
prohibition on deck-loading scallops
and crew-size restrictions on access area
trips. Following a lunch break there will
be an opportunity for brief comments
from the public on items relevant to
Council business but not otherwise
listed on the agenda. The meeting will
adjourn once all sea scallop agenda
items are addressed.
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XD19
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a
public meeting of the Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 25,
2007 and conclude no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the New Orleans Airport Hilton,
901 Airline Highway, New Orleans, LA; telephone: (504) 469-5000.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 2203
North Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Rester, Habitat Support
Specialist, Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; telephone: (228)
875-5912.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: At this meeting, the AP will tentatively
discuss the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Plan, a
summary of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Plan
Habitat Evaluation Team, widening of the Gulfport Harbor Ship Channel,
the Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal Liquid Natural Gas (LNG)
Facility, Hurricane Katrina debris removal in Louisiana coastal waters,
and potential habitat impacts from hurricane levee construction.
The Louisiana/Mississippi group is part of a three unit Habitat
Protection AP of the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council. The
principal role of the advisory panels is to assist the Council in
attempting to maintain optimum conditions within the habitat and
ecosystems supporting the marine resources of the Gulf of Mexico.
Advisory panels serve as a first alert system to call to the Council's
attention proposed projects being developed and other activities which
may adversely impact the Gulf marine fisheries and their supporting
ecosystems. The panels may also provide advice to the Council on its
policies and procedures for addressing environmental affairs.
Although other issues not on the agenda may come before the panel
for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the subject of
formal panel action during this meeting. Panel action will be
restricted to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed
as available by this notice.
A copy of the agenda can be obtained by calling (813) 348-1630.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: October 3, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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