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TABLE 1. CURRENT REPRESENTATION ON THE HMS AP BY SECTOR AND SPECIES.—Continued
Terms that are expiring or vacant are in bold.
Sector
Species
Date Appointed
Date Term Expires
Swordfish
1/1/2008
Commercial
Tuna
VACANT
Commercial
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Environmental
Shark
1/1/2006
12/31/2008
Environmental
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Environmental
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Environmental
HMS
VACANT
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Recreational
Swordfish
1/1/2007
12/31/2009
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2007
12/31/2009
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2007
12/31/2009
Recreational
Billfish
1/1/2007
12/31/2009
Recreational
Tuna
1/1/2006
12/31/2008
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2006
12/31/2008
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2006
12/31/2008
Recreational
HMS
1/1/2007
12/31/2009
Recreational
Billfish
1/1/2008
12/31/2010
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Commercial
HMS
Each sector must be adequately
represented, and the intent is to have a
group that, as a whole, reflects an
appropriate and equitable balance and
mix of interests given the
responsibilities of the AP. Criteria for
membership include one or more of the
following: (1) experience in the HMS
recreational fishing industry; (2)
experience in the HMS commercial
fishing industry; (3) experience in
fishery–related industries (e.g., marinas,
bait and tackle shops); (4) experience in
the scientific community working with
HMS; and/or (5) representation of a
private; non–governmental; regional,
national, or international organization
representing marine fisheries,
environmental, governmental, or
academic interests dealing with HMS.
Five additional members on the AP
include one member representing each
of the following Councils: New England
Fishery Management Council, the Mid–
Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
the South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery
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Management Council, and the Caribbean
Fishery Management Council. The AP
also includes 22 ex–officio participants:
20 representatives of the coastal states
and two representatives of the interstate
commissions (the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission and the Gulf
States Marine Fisheries Commission).
NMFS will provide the necessary
administrative support, including
technical assistance, for the AP.
However, NMFS will not compensate
participants with monetary support of
any kind. Depending on availability of
funds, members may be reimbursed for
travel costs related to the AP meetings.
C. Meeting Schedule
Meetings of the AP will be held as
frequently as necessary but are routinely
held twice each year in the spring and
fall. The meetings may be held in
conjunction with public hearings.
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Dated: October 9, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XL37
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notice of a joint meeting of the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council’s Habitat and Environmental
ACTION:
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Protection Advisory Panel and Coral
Advisory Panel
SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council will hold a joint
meeting of its Habitat and
Environmental Protection Advisory
Panel and Coral Advisory Panel in
Charleston, SC. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The joint meeting will take place
November 17, 2008. The Panels will
meet individually on November 18 and
19, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and
times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Charleston Marriott Hotel, 170
Lockwood Boulevard, Charleston, SC;
telephone: (800) 968–3569 or (843) 723–
3000; fax: (843) 723–0276.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N.
Charleston, SC 29405
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free:
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520;
email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members
of the Habitat Advisory Panel and Coral
Advisory Panel will meet jointly from
1:30 p.m.–5:30 p.m. on November 17,
2008. The Habitat AP and Coral AP will
reconvene individually and meet
concurrently from 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. on
November 18, 2008, and the Coral
Advisory Panel will reconvene and meet
from 8:30 a.m.–12 noon on November
19, 2008.
The Advisory Panels will provide
input and recommendations on the
public hearing drafts of the Fishery
Ecosystem Plan (FEP) and the
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based
Amendment (CE–BA), updates from
NOAA Fisheries’ Habitat Conservation
on proposed non-fishing activities that
have the potential to impact habitat, and
an update on live rock aquaculture
activities in the South Atlantic region.
The development of a South Atlantic
Council FEP provides the first regional
opportunity to compile and review
available habitat, biological, social, and
economic fishery and resource
information for fisheries in the South
Atlantic Bight ecosystem and serves as
a source document for the CE–BA.
Actions in the Comprehensive
Ecosystem-based Amendment include:
Establishment of deepwater Coral
Habitat Areas of Particular Concerns
(CHAPCs), establishment of a Shrimp
Fishery Access Area for deepwater
shrimp fisheries within the proposed
CHAPCs, designation of Allowable
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Golden Crab Fishing Areas within the
proposed CHAPCs where golden crab
traps can continue to be used, a
monitoring requirement for the golden
crab fishery using available tools such
as Vessel Monitoring System technology
or electronic logbooks, and nonregulatory action addressing compliance
with the spatial presentation
requirements in the Essential Fish
Habitat (EFH) Final Rule.
Agenda items for the Coral AP
meeting include: discussion and
recommendations regarding coral
management issues to include in
Comprehensive Ecosystem-based
Amendment 2, the Deep-Sea Coral
Research and Technology Program Draft
Strategic Plan being developed by
NOAA’s National Undersea Research
Program (NURP), NOAA’s Coral Reef
Conservation Program, and coral
research priorities for 2009–10. The
Coral AP will also receive updates and
presentations on coral issues relevant to
the South Atlantic region.
The Habitat and Environmental
Protection AP meeting will involve four
sessions as follows:
Session 1: Panel review and
discussion of ecosystem interactions
with a focus on predator prey
relationships for managed species,
present management authority and
future management considerations;
Session 2: Panel review and
discussion of habitat mapping and
characterization as presented in the
Councils’ Regional Habitat and
Ecosystem Internet Map Server and
through regional programs including but
limited to Southeast Area Monitoring
and Assessment Program (SEAMAP),
the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing
Regional Association (SECOORA),
Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership
(SARP), the North Carolina Coastal
Habitat Protection Plan (CHPPs) and the
Southeast Partnership for Planning and
Sustainability (SERPASS);
Session 3: Panel member review and
discussion of place-based management
in the region including but not limited
to management in Grays’ Reef National
Marine Sanctuary and existing and
proposed South Atlantic Council area
management;
Session 4: Panel review and
discussion of Habitat Policies and
potential impacts from individual
proposed permits.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for auxiliary aids should be
directed to the council office (see
ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
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Note: The times and sequence
specified in this agenda are subject to
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Dated: October 16, 2008.
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
RIN 0648–XL35
Gulf of Mexico 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 Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will convene a
public meeting of the Texas Habitat
Protection Advisory Panel (AP).
DATES: The meeting will convene at 9
a.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2008
and conclude no later than 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at
the Quality Inn Hobby Airport, 7775
Airport Blvd., Houston, TX 77061,
telephone: (713) 644–3800.
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
juvenile red snapper habitat utilization,
the Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries
Program, issues facing the Texas oyster
fishery, the spotted sea trout
consumption advisory for Galveston
Bay, Hurricane Ike impacts to habitat,
an update on the deepening of the
Matagorda Ship Channel, and the Old
River Cove Restoration project.
The Texas group is part of a three unit
Habitat Protection Advisory Panel (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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XL37
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a joint meeting of the South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council's Habitat and Environmental
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Protection Advisory Panel and Coral Advisory Panel
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a
joint meeting of its Habitat and Environmental Protection Advisory
Panel and Coral Advisory Panel in Charleston, SC. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The joint meeting will take place November 17, 2008. The Panels
will meet individually on November 18 and 19, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Charleston Marriott Hotel,
170 Lockwood Boulevard, Charleston, SC; telephone: (800) 968-3569 or
(843) 723-3000; fax: (843) 723-0276.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. Charleston, SC 29405
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free: (866) SAFMC-10; fax:
(843) 769-4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members of the Habitat Advisory Panel and
Coral Advisory Panel will meet jointly from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on
November 17, 2008. The Habitat AP and Coral AP will reconvene
individually and meet concurrently from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. on November
18, 2008, and the Coral Advisory Panel will reconvene and meet from
8:30 a.m.-12 noon on November 19, 2008.
The Advisory Panels will provide input and recommendations on the
public hearing drafts of the Fishery Ecosystem Plan (FEP) and the
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment (CE-BA), updates from NOAA
Fisheries' Habitat Conservation on proposed non-fishing activities that
have the potential to impact habitat, and an update on live rock
aquaculture activities in the South Atlantic region.
The development of a South Atlantic Council FEP provides the first
regional opportunity to compile and review available habitat,
biological, social, and economic fishery and resource information for
fisheries in the South Atlantic Bight ecosystem and serves as a source
document for the CE-BA.
Actions in the Comprehensive Ecosystem-based Amendment include:
Establishment of deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concerns
(CHAPCs), establishment of a Shrimp Fishery Access Area for deepwater
shrimp fisheries within the proposed CHAPCs, designation of Allowable
Golden Crab Fishing Areas within the proposed CHAPCs where golden crab
traps can continue to be used, a monitoring requirement for the golden
crab fishery using available tools such as Vessel Monitoring System
technology or electronic logbooks, and non-regulatory action addressing
compliance with the spatial presentation requirements in the Essential
Fish Habitat (EFH) Final Rule.
Agenda items for the Coral AP meeting include: discussion and
recommendations regarding coral management issues to include in
Comprehensive Ecosystem-based Amendment 2, the Deep-Sea Coral Research
and Technology Program Draft Strategic Plan being developed by NOAA's
National Undersea Research Program (NURP), NOAA's Coral Reef
Conservation Program, and coral research priorities for 2009-10. The
Coral AP will also receive updates and presentations on coral issues
relevant to the South Atlantic region.
The Habitat and Environmental Protection AP meeting will involve
four sessions as follows:
Session 1: Panel review and discussion of ecosystem interactions
with a focus on predator prey relationships for managed species,
present management authority and future management considerations;
Session 2: Panel review and discussion of habitat mapping and
characterization as presented in the Councils' Regional Habitat and
Ecosystem Internet Map Server and through regional programs including
but limited to Southeast Area Monitoring and Assessment Program
(SEAMAP), the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association
(SECOORA), Southeast Aquatic Resource Partnership (SARP), the North
Carolina Coastal Habitat Protection Plan (CHPPs) and the Southeast
Partnership for Planning and Sustainability (SERPASS);
Session 3: Panel member review and discussion of place-based
management in the region including but not limited to management in
Grays' Reef National Marine Sanctuary and existing and proposed South
Atlantic Council area management;
Session 4: Panel review and discussion of Habitat Policies and
potential impacts from individual proposed permits.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for auxiliary aids should be directed to the
council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting.
Note: The times and sequence specified in this agenda are subject
to change.
Dated: October 16, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-25011 Filed 10-20-08; 8:45 am]
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