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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 165 / Thursday, August 27, 2009 / Notices
SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY AND ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS—Continued
Washington State Delegation
Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team
Enforcement Consultants
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel
Groundfish Management Team
Salmon Advisory Subpanel
Salmon Management Team
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Pacific Council Secretariat
California State Delegation
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation
Enforcement Consultants
Groundfish Advisory Subpanel
Groundfish Management Team
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Pacific Council Secretariat
California State Delegation
Oregon State Delegation
Washington State Delegation
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before the Pacific Council for
discussion, those issues may not be the
subject of formal Council 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 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
These meetings are 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: August 24, 2009,
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Scallop Advisory Panel and Scallop
Oversight Committee will hold two
meetings to consider actions affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meetings will be held
September 15 and 16, 2009. For specific
dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich
Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone:
(401)732–6000; fax: (401)732–0261.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill ι2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
advisory panel’s and oversight
committee meeting schedules and
agendas are as follows:
to adjust several aspects of the overall
scallop management program such as
revising the overfishing definition,
specific adjustments to the general
category management program, a
specific alternative to address EFH
closures on Georges Bank, adjustments
to the current scallop research set-aside
program, and changing the scallop
fishing year from March 1 to May 1. The
panel will identify preferred alternatives
for the Scallop Committee to consider.
The advisory panel will also provide
input on development of Framework 21.
Framework 21 includes specifications
for the 2010 fishing year including daysat-sea (DAS) allocations, access area
schedule and measures for the general
category scallop fishery. Other measures
under consideration are possible
consideration of a new scallop access
area closure in the Great South Channel,
minor modifications to the observer setaside program, and compliance with the
recent Loggerhead sea turtle biological
opinion.
1. Scallop Advisory Panel Meeting Tuesday, September 15, 2009 beginning
at 9 a.m.
The advisory panel will review
Amendment 15 Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) alternatives
and analyses. The primary goal of
Scallop Amendment 15 is to consider
alternatives to comply with new
requirements of the reauthorized
Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and
Management Act, specifically
implementing annual catch limits
(ACLs). In addition, this action is
considering alternatives to address
excess capacity in the limited access
scallop fishery with leasing and permit
stacking alternatives. Lastly, this action
is considering a number of alternatives
2. Scallop Oversight Committee Meeting
- Wednesday, September 16, 2009
beginning at 9 a.m.
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The Committee will review
Amendment 15 DEIS alternatives and
analyses. The Committee will consider
input from the Advisory Panel when
identifying preferred alternatives for the
Council to consider later in September.
The Council is scheduled to approve the
final range of alternatives and draft
analyses included in Amendment 15
DEIS for public hearings at the
September Council meeting. The
committee will also continue
development of alternatives for
Framework 21. Framework 21 includes
specifications for the 2010 fishing year
and other measures.
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Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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
These meetings are 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 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
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AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Highly Migratory Species Committee
and its Spiny Dogfish Committee will
hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Monday, September 21, 2009, from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Philadelphia Airport Hotel,
4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA;
telephone: (215) 937–4535.
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,
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2331, extension 19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this meeting is to develop
and finalize comments on Draft
Amendment 3 to the National Marine
Fisheries Service’s Consolidated Highly
Migratory Species Fishery Management
Plan and its proposed rule for
management of Atlantic Shark fisheries.
The Committees expect to comment on
the reported overfishing that is being
experienced by the blacknose sharks
and shortfin mako sharks, and the
proposed management measures
required to end this overfishing.
Comments will also be developed on the
inclusion of smooth dogfish in the
Fishery Management Plan.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Actions 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
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
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.
Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s Gulf of Alaska
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(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands
(BS/AI) groundfish plan teams will meet
in Seattle.
DATES: The meetings will be held
September 15–18, 2009. The joint plan
team meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 15 and continue
through noon on Friday, September 18.
The GOA Plan Team will convene
separately at 1 p.m. on Friday,
September 18 in Room 1055. The BSAI
Plan Team will convene separately at 1
p.m. on Friday, September 18 in the
Traynor Room.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Alaska Fisheries Science Center,
7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4,
Observer Training Room (GOA Plan
Team) and Traynor Room (Joint Teams
and BS/AI Plan Team), Seattle, WA.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
DiCosimo or Diana Stram, North Pacific
Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda:
Principal business is to prepare and
review the draft Economic Report, the
draft Ecosystems Consideration Chapter,
proposed modeling changes to stock
assessments for some target-categories,
proposed 2010–12 halibut discard
mortality rates for all groundfish
fisheries, and recommend preliminary
groundfish catch specifications for
2008/09. The teams will also review
proposed uncertainty corrections and
Allowable Biological Catch control rules
for stock assessments, application of
stock structure for area management,
vulnerability analyses for identifying
which groundfish stocks could be
categorized as ‘‘in the fishery’’ versus in
a new ecosystem component category,
and recommendations for criteria for
evaluating proposals to create new
habitat areas of particular concern.
The agenda is posted on the Council
website at: https://
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before these groups for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during these meetings. Actions
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 Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council’s
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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New England 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 New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scallop
Advisory Panel and Scallop Oversight Committee will hold two meetings
to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meetings will be held September 15 and 16, 2009. For
specific dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801
Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401)732-6000; fax:
(401)732-0261.
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 advisory panel's and oversight committee
meeting schedules and agendas are as follows:
1. Scallop Advisory Panel Meeting - Tuesday, September 15, 2009
beginning at 9 a.m.
The advisory panel will review Amendment 15 Draft Environmental
Impact Statement (DEIS) alternatives and analyses. The primary goal of
Scallop Amendment 15 is to consider alternatives to comply with new
requirements of the reauthorized Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and
Management Act, specifically implementing annual catch limits (ACLs).
In addition, this action is considering alternatives to address excess
capacity in the limited access scallop fishery with leasing and permit
stacking alternatives. Lastly, this action is considering a number of
alternatives to adjust several aspects of the overall scallop
management program such as revising the overfishing definition,
specific adjustments to the general category management program, a
specific alternative to address EFH closures on Georges Bank,
adjustments to the current scallop research set-aside program, and
changing the scallop fishing year from March 1 to May 1. The panel will
identify preferred alternatives for the Scallop Committee to consider.
The advisory panel will also provide input on development of Framework
21. Framework 21 includes specifications for the 2010 fishing year
including days-at-sea (DAS) allocations, access area schedule and
measures for the general category scallop fishery. Other measures under
consideration are possible consideration of a new scallop access area
closure in the Great South Channel, minor modifications to the observer
set-aside program, and compliance with the recent Loggerhead sea turtle
biological opinion.
2. Scallop Oversight Committee Meeting - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
beginning at 9 a.m.
The Committee will review Amendment 15 DEIS alternatives and
analyses. The Committee will consider input from the Advisory Panel
when identifying preferred alternatives for the Council to consider
later in September. The Council is scheduled to approve the final range
of alternatives and draft analyses included in Amendment 15 DEIS for
public hearings at the September Council meeting. The committee will
also continue development of alternatives for Framework 21. Framework
21 includes specifications for the 2010 fishing year and other
measures.
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Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before these groups 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
These meetings are 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 working days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 24, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-20686 Filed 8-26-09; 8:45 am]
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