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Flowers Garden Banks and receive an
Update on LNG Facilities.
10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.—CLOSED
SESSIONS—Council will discuss AP
and SSC Selections and Budget/
Personnel Issues.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agendas may come before the
Council and Committees for discussion,
in accordance with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act), those issues may not be the subject
of formal action during these meetings.
Actions of the Council and Committees
will be restricted to those issues
specifically identified in the agendas
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 action to address the
emergency. The established times for
addressing items on the agenda may be
adjusted as necessary to accommodate
the timely completion of discussion
relevant to the agenda items. In order to
further allow for such adjustments and
completion of all items on the agenda,
the meeting may be extended from, or
completed prior to the date established
in this notice.
(SSC), its Ad Hoc Excessive Shares
Committee, the Mid-Atlantic section of
the Joint Monkfish Committee, its
Protected Resources Committee, its
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee,
its Executive Committee, its Surfclam/
Ocean Quahog Committee, its Bycatch
Committee, and its Demersal
Committee, will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on
Monday, April 7, 2008 through
Thursday, April 10, 2008. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Sheraton Annapolis Hotel, 173
Jennifer Road, Annapolis, MD 21401;
telephone: (410) 266–3131.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 300 S. New St.,
Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331 ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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.
9 a.m. until 11 a.m.—The Ad Hoc
Excessive Shares Committee will meet.
11 a.m. until 12 p.m.—The MidAtlantic section of the Joint Monkfish
Committee will meet.
1 p.m until 3 p.m.—The Protected
Resources Committee will meet.
3 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.—The Research
Set-Aside (RSA) Committee will meet.
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
10 a.m. until 5 p.m.—The Science and
Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.—The Executive
Committee will meet.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.—The
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Committee will
meet.
10 a.m. until 12 p.m.—The Bycatch
Committee will meet.
1:15 p.m. until 3:15 p.m.—The
Council will convene and hold its
Business Session.
3:15 p.m. until 4 p.m.—The Council
will receive a presentation regarding
New England Council’s Habitat Areas of
Particular Concern (HAPC) Initiative.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m.—Monkfish
Framework 6 will be reviewed and
discussed for the purpose of adoption.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.—The Demersal
Committee will meet.
9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.—The
Council will convene to review and
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discuss Amendment 1 to Tilefish for
purposes of adoption.
2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m.—The Council
will receive Committee Reports and
consider Continuing and New Business.
Agenda items by day for the Council’s
Committees and the Council itself are:
Monday, April 7—An orientation
session for the Science and Statistical
Committee will be held to review and
discuss the roles of the Council, the
SSC, the Monitoring Committees,
NMFS, and the Council staff; review the
Council’s current specification setting
procedures and related timing issues;
review Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and
Accountability Measures (AM)
requirements established by the
Magnuson-Steven Reauthorization Act
(MSRA); discuss possible alternative
specification procedures; review Terms
of Reference (TOR) for the SSC
regarding the annual specification
setting process; evaluate and modify
current SSC composition by discipline/
expertise; review SSC membership
appointment protocol and the need to
expand the Committee; and, discuss
quality assurance/quality control
measures for SSC appointment.
Tuesday, April 8—The Ad Hoc
Excessive Shares Committee will review
and discuss the meaning/interpretation
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA)
National Standard 4, Section
303A(c)(5)(D), Section 303A(c)(9) and
develop ideas on and practical
application of excessive shares concept.
The Mid-Atlantic section of the Joint
Monkfish Committee will review and
discuss proposed measures in
Framework 6, select a preferred
alternative, and develop a Committee
recommendation for Council
consideration and action. The Protected
Resources Committee will review recent
Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team
activities and receive a report on NMFS’
Protected Resources Public Outreach
Program in the Mid-Atlantic region. The
RSA Committee will review a draft
policy document regarding the
Council’s RSA program’s operations,
review the status of the Mid-Atlantic
Council’s RSA projects/awards, discuss
the need for RSA programmatic reviews,
and consider establishing a MidAtlantic Research Consortium.
Wednesday, April 9—The Executive
Committee will review discussions and
outcomes from the Northeast Regional
Coordinating Council (NRCC) meeting,
and review, discuss, and endorse staff’s
proposed approach to satisfying MSA
Section 303(a)(15). The Surfclam/Ocean
Quahog Committee will receive an
update on commitments made at the
most recent Amendment 14 Fishery
Management Action Team (FMAT)
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meeting. The Bycatch Committee will
discuss measures to reduce bycatch
mortality in recreational fisheries and
review the status of the Council’s
Bycatch educational outreach initiative.
Following these Committee meetings,
there will be an awards presentation to
recognize the recipient of the 2007 Ricks
E Savage Award. The Council will then
convene to receive various reports,
receive a presentation regarding the
New England Council’s HAPC Initiative,
and review and approve Monkfish
Framework 6 for Secretarial submission.
Thursday, April 10—The Demersal
Committee will review the purpose and
need of the current list of potential
actions to be addressed by Amendment
15. The Council will then review
preferences for management alternatives
based on public comments received for
Tilefish Amendment 1, discuss and
adopt preferred alternatives to be
included in the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) supporting
Tilefish Amendment 1, and approve
Amendment 1 and associated FEIS for
Secretarial submission. The Council
will then receive Committee Reports,
and consider 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 t 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 aid
should be directed to M. Jan Bryan,
(302) 674–2331 ext 18, at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory entities will hold public
meetings.
The Council and its advisory
entities will meet April 6–12, 2008. The
Council meeting will begin on Monday,
April 7, at 12:30 p.m., reconvening each
day through Saturday. All meetings are
open to the public, except a closed
session will be held from 12:30 p.m.
until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 7 to
address litigation and personnel
matters. The Council will meet as late
as necessary each day to complete its
scheduled business.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Seattle Marriott Hotel, 3201 South
176th Street, Seattle, WA 98188;
telephone: (206) 241–2000.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Donald O. McIsaac, Executive Director;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
following items are on the Council
agenda, but not necessarily in this order:
A. Call to Order
1. Opening Remarks and
Introductions
2. Roll Call
3. Executive Director’s Report
4. Approve Agenda
B. Open Public Comment
Comments on Non-Agenda Items
C. Administrative Matters
1. Future Council Meeting Agenda
and Workload Planning
2. Legislative Matters
3. Magnuson-Stevens Act
Reauthorization Implementation
DATES:
4. Membership Appointments and
Council Operating Procedures
D. Enforcement Issues
Fishery Enforcement Activity Report
E. Habitat
Current Habitat Issues
F. Salmon Management
1. Tentative Adoption of 2008 Ocean
Salmon Management Measures for
Analysis
2. Clarify Council Direction on 2008
Management Measures
3. Pacific Salmon Commission CodedWire Tag Workgroup Report
4. Methodology Review Process and
Preliminary Topic Selection for 2008
5. Final Action on 2008 Management
Measures
6. Clarify Final Action on 2008
Management Measures
G. Pacific Halibut Management
Incidental Catch Regulations for the
Salmon Troll and Fixed Gear Sablefish
Fisheries
H. Groundfish Management
1. Management Specifications for
2009–2010 Fisheries
2. NMFS Report
3. Fishery Management Plan
Amendment 21: Intersector Allocation
4. Consideration of Inseason
Adjustments
5. Part I of Management Measures for
2009–2010 Fisheries
6. Part II of Management Measures for
2009–2010 Fisheries
7. Final Consideration of Inseason
Adjustments
I. Marine Protected Areas
1. Proposals for New Marine Protected
Areas in the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary
2. Olympic Coastal National Marine
Sanctuary Condition Report
J. Highly Migratory Species
Management
1. NMFS Report
2. Recommendations to the U.S.
Section of the Inter-American Tropical
Tuna Commission
3. Exempted Fishing Permit for
Longline Fishing in the West Coast
Exclusive Economic Zone
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SUNDAY, April 6, 2008
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XG50
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
Science and Statistical Committee (SSC), its Ad Hoc Excessive Shares
Committee, the Mid-Atlantic section of the Joint Monkfish Committee,
its Protected Resources Committee, its Research Set-Aside (RSA)
Committee, its Executive Committee, its Surfclam/Ocean Quahog
Committee, its Bycatch Committee, and its Demersal Committee, will hold
public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, April 7, 2008 through
Thursday, April 10, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Annapolis Hotel,
173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, MD 21401; telephone: (410) 266-3131.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New St., Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331 ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, April 7, 2008
10 a.m. until 5 p.m.--The Science and Statistical Committee (SSC)
will meet.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
9 a.m. until 11 a.m.--The Ad Hoc Excessive Shares Committee will
meet.
11 a.m. until 12 p.m.--The Mid-Atlantic section of the Joint
Monkfish Committee will meet.
1 p.m until 3 p.m.--The Protected Resources Committee will meet.
3 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.--The Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee will
meet.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.--The Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Committee will
meet.
10 a.m. until 12 p.m.--The Bycatch Committee will meet.
1:15 p.m. until 3:15 p.m.--The Council will convene and hold its
Business Session.
3:15 p.m. until 4 p.m.--The Council will receive a presentation
regarding New England Council's Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
(HAPC) Initiative.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m.--Monkfish Framework 6 will be reviewed and
discussed for the purpose of adoption.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Demersal Committee will meet.
9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m.--The Council will convene to review and
discuss Amendment 1 to Tilefish for purposes of adoption.
2:30 p.m. until 4 p.m.--The Council will receive Committee Reports
and consider Continuing and New Business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
Monday, April 7--An orientation session for the Science and
Statistical Committee will be held to review and discuss the roles of
the Council, the SSC, the Monitoring Committees, NMFS, and the Council
staff; review the Council's current specification setting procedures
and related timing issues; review Annual Catch Limits (ACL) and
Accountability Measures (AM) requirements established by the Magnuson-
Steven Reauthorization Act (MSRA); discuss possible alternative
specification procedures; review Terms of Reference (TOR) for the SSC
regarding the annual specification setting process; evaluate and modify
current SSC composition by discipline/expertise; review SSC membership
appointment protocol and the need to expand the Committee; and, discuss
quality assurance/quality control measures for SSC appointment.
Tuesday, April 8--The Ad Hoc Excessive Shares Committee will review
and discuss the meaning/interpretation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
(MSA) National Standard 4, Section 303A(c)(5)(D), Section 303A(c)(9)
and develop ideas on and practical application of excessive shares
concept. The Mid-Atlantic section of the Joint Monkfish Committee will
review and discuss proposed measures in Framework 6, select a preferred
alternative, and develop a Committee recommendation for Council
consideration and action. The Protected Resources Committee will review
recent Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Team activities and receive a
report on NMFS' Protected Resources Public Outreach Program in the Mid-
Atlantic region. The RSA Committee will review a draft policy document
regarding the Council's RSA program's operations, review the status of
the Mid-Atlantic Council's RSA projects/awards, discuss the need for
RSA programmatic reviews, and consider establishing a Mid-Atlantic
Research Consortium.
Wednesday, April 9--The Executive Committee will review discussions
and outcomes from the Northeast Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC)
meeting, and review, discuss, and endorse staff's proposed approach to
satisfying MSA Section 303(a)(15). The Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Committee
will receive an update on commitments made at the most recent Amendment
14 Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT)
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meeting. The Bycatch Committee will discuss measures to reduce bycatch
mortality in recreational fisheries and review the status of the
Council's Bycatch educational outreach initiative. Following these
Committee meetings, there will be an awards presentation to recognize
the recipient of the 2007 Ricks E Savage Award. The Council will then
convene to receive various reports, receive a presentation regarding
the New England Council's HAPC Initiative, and review and approve
Monkfish Framework 6 for Secretarial submission.
Thursday, April 10--The Demersal Committee will review the purpose
and need of the current list of potential actions to be addressed by
Amendment 15. The Council will then review preferences for management
alternatives based on public comments received for Tilefish Amendment
1, discuss and adopt preferred alternatives to be included in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) supporting Tilefish Amendment 1,
and approve Amendment 1 and associated FEIS for Secretarial submission.
The Council will then receive Committee Reports, and consider 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 t 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 aid should be directed to M. Jan Bryan, (302) 674-2331 ext
18, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 18, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-5773 Filed 3-20-08; 8:45 am]
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