Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting, 17900-17901 [2010-7993]
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and professional affiliations; philosophy
regarding the protection and
management of marine resources; and
possibly the length of residence in the
area affected by the sanctuary.
Applicants who are chosen as members
should expect to serve 3-year terms,
pursuant to the council’s Charter.
DATES: Applications are due by May 15,
2010.
ADDRESSES: Application kits may be
obtained from Becky Shortland, Council
Coordinator (becky.shortland@noaa.gov,
10 Ocean Science Circle, Savannah, GA
31411; 912–598–2381) Completed
applications should be sent to the same
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Becky Shortland, Council Coordinator
(becky.shortland@noaa.gov, 10 Ocean
Science Circle, Savannah, GA 31411;
912–598–2381).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
sanctuary advisory council was
established in August 1999 to provide
advice and recommendations on
management and protection of the
sanctuary. The advisory council,
through its members, also serves as
liaison to the community regarding
sanctuary issues and represents
community interests, concerns, and
management needs to the sanctuary and
NOAA.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1431, et seq.
(Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog
Number 11.429 Marine Sanctuary Program)
Dated: March 29, 2010.
Daniel J. Basta,
Director, Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Council (Council) will hold a public
meeting to address the longline fishery
issues and the future of longline
fisheries in the Western Pacific Region
on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 6
and 7, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The document contained incorrect
dates. NMFS also published a document
in the Federal Register on March 26,
2010 that the Council will hold the
Hawaii Regional Ecosystem Advisory
Committee (REAC) on Tuesday April 13,
2010. The document contained an
incorrect date.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
document corrects the date and time of
the public meeting to address the
longline fishery issues and the future of
longline fisheries in the Western Pacific
Region noticed in the Federal Register
of March 17, 2010, in FR Doc. Volume
75, No. 51 on page 12733–12734. The
dates and time of the public meeting
should read April 27–28, 2010, 8:30
a.m. to 5 p.m. This document also
corrects the date and time of the Hawaii
REAC noticed in the Federal Register of
March 26, 2010, in FR Doc. Volume 75,
No. 58 on page 14571–14572. The dates
and time of the Hawaii REAC should
read May 6, 2010, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
All other information published
previously remains unchanged.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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RIN 0648–XV68
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Administration
RIN 0648–XV25 and 0648–XV50
Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting; Corrections
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of corrections to two
public meeting notices.
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AGENCY:
NMFS published a document
in the Federal Register on March 17,
2010 notifying the public that the
Western Pacific Fishery Management
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of
Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeastern
Data, Assessment, and Review
(SEDAR); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Steering
Committee meeting.
SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering
Committee will meet to discuss the
SEDAR assessment schedule and the
SEDAR process. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
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DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee
will meet on Monday, May 17, 2010,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Hotel Captain Cook, 939 West 5th
Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Council address: South Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place, Suite 201, North
Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Carmichael, SEDAR Program Manager,
SEDAR/SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place, Suite
201, North Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520.
The South
Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean
Fishery Management Councils; in
conjunction with NOAA Fisheries, the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and the Gulf States Marine
Fisheries Commission; implemented the
Southeast Data, Assessment and Review
(SEDAR) process, a multi-step method
for determining the status of fish stocks.
The SEDAR Steering Committee meets
annually to provide oversight of the
SEDAR process, establish assessment
priorities, and provide coordination
between assessment efforts and
management activities. During this
meeting the Steering Committee will
receive reports on recent SEDAR
activities, consider benchmark and
update assessment scheduling for 2010–
2015, and discuss the SEDAR budget,
conflict of interest policies, and
procedural issues.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council office at the address listed
above at least 15 business days prior to
the meeting.
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Dated: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Coastal Pelagic Species Management
Team (CPSMT) will hold a meeting that
is open to the public.
DATES: The CPSMT will meet Tuesday,
April 27, 2010, through Friday, April
30, 2010. The meeting will begin each
day at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.
or until business is completed each day.
ADDRESSES: The CPSMT meeting will be
held at the Pacific Fishery Management
Council Offices, Large Conference
Room, 7700 NE Ambassador Place,
Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220;
telephone: (503) 820–2280.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the meeting is to develop
alternative amendments to the Pacific
Council’s Coastal Pelagic Species (CPS)
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in
response to new requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) including, overfishing levels
(OFLs), acceptable biological catch
(ABC), and annual catch limits (ACLs).
The CPSMT will discuss CPS FMP
amendment alternatives and develop a
work plan for completing review
materials for the June 2010 meeting of
the Pacific Council. The CPSMT will
also discuss the pending Essential Fish
Habitat five-year review; the 2010 Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
document; Pacific mackerel research
and management; and other issues
relating to CPS management.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the CPSMT for discussion,
those issues may not be the subject of
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formal CPSMT action during this
meeting. CPSMT 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 CPSMT’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
This meeting is 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: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a three-day Council meeting on
April 27–29, 2010 to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will begin on each
of the three days at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Mystic Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan
Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355;
telephone: (860) 572–0731; fax: (860)
572–0328.
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:
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Following any introductions and
announcements, the Council meeting
will begin with a series of brief reports
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from the Council Chairman and
Executive Director, the NOAA Fisheries
Northeast Regional Administrator,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council liaisons, as well as NOAA
General Counsel, representatives of the
U.S. Coast Guard and the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission and
NOAA Enforcement. These reports will
be followed by a review of any
experimental fishery permit
applications that have been received
since the last Council meeting. There
will be a brief review of several policy
changes to the Council’s Handbook and
a vote on those changes. The Herring
Committee will then report on the
details of its recommendation
concerning the timing of the next
Atlantic herring benchmark assessment,
as well as provide the full Council with
an overview of discussions to date on
the development of Amendment 5 to the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management
Plan (FMP). Following a lunch break the
Habitat Committee will review the
development of Omnibus Amendment 2
management alternatives to minimize
any adverse effects of fishing on
essential fish habitat. The Monkfish
Committee will ask for approval of final
action on Amendment 5 to the Monkfish
FMP. Measures under consideration
include annual catch limits and
accountability measures, along with
days-at-sea and trip limits for 2011–
2013 and other modifications.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
The second day of the Council
meeting will begin with a review of the
most recent Interspecies Committee
discussions. Topics will include fishery
management plan restructuring and/or
consolidation; setting accumulation
limits for the Northeast multispecies
fishery, including possible control dates
for the limits to become effective; and a
committee work plan.
There will be a presentation by
scientists from the Universities of CT
and RI titled ‘‘Goals and Concerns of
Fishery Stakeholder in the Development
of Catch Share Management in NE.’’ The
Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will report after a
lunch break on its recommendations for
revised skate and red crab Acceptable
Biological Catch levels. The Council
will consider action for both the Skate
and Red Crab FMPs after the SSC report.
Fishery management measures in each
plan may be modified.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
The Council’s Groundfish Committee
will discuss and possibly select
alternative rebuilding strategies for
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XV68
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean;
Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Steering Committee meeting.
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SUMMARY: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet to discuss the SEDAR
assessment schedule and the SEDAR process. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet on Monday, May 17, 2010,
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Captain Cook, 939 West
5th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Council address: South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Carmichael, SEDAR Program
Manager, SEDAR/SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free (866) SAFMC-10; fax:
(843) 769-4520.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and
Caribbean Fishery Management Councils; in conjunction with NOAA
Fisheries, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and the
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission; implemented the Southeast
Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for
determining the status of fish stocks. The SEDAR Steering Committee
meets annually to provide oversight of the SEDAR process, establish
assessment priorities, and provide coordination between assessment
efforts and management activities. During this meeting the Steering
Committee will receive reports on recent SEDAR activities, consider
benchmark and update assessment scheduling for 2010-2015, and discuss
the SEDAR budget, conflict of interest policies, and procedural issues.
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.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council
office at the address listed above at least 15 business days prior to
the meeting.
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Dated: April 5, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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