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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
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Commerce.
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The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Subcommittee
will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held
Tuesday, December 13 through
Thursday, December 15, 2011. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
Kingsmill, 1010 Kingsmill Road,
Williamsburg, VA 23185; telephone:
(757) 253–1703.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State St.,
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901–3910;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Christopher Moore, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (302) 674–2331 ext.
255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
9 a.m. until noon—The Monkfish
Subcommittee will meet.
1 p.m.—The Council will convene.
1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.—There will be a
presentation on the CIE Review of the
June 2012 Excessive Shares Workshop
and Council discussion on next steps.
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2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.—An Atlantic
Wind Connection Project presentation
will occur.
3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.—A
presentation from the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Habitat
Division will occur.
4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.—A discussion
on the November 14 Ecosystem and
Ocean Planning Committee meeting
will be held.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
8 a.m.—The Council will convene.
8 a.m. until 4 p.m.—The Council will
adopt recommendations for 2012
commercial and recreational harvest
levels and commercial management
measures for summer flounder and
scup and finalize summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass recreational
management measures for 2012 in
conjunction with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Bass Boards.
4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.—There will be a
review with the ASMFC Board of
Amendment 17 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
FMP alternatives.
5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.—There will be
a Public Listening Session.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
8:30 a.m.—The Council will convene.
8:30 a.m. until 9 a.m.—The Ricks E
Savage Award will be presented.
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.—The Council will
receive a presentation on Fishery
Management Councils: Decisionmaking, Communication, and Social
Factors Associated with Ecosystembased Fisheries Management.
9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.—The Council
will conduct its regular Business
Session, receive Organizational
Reports, Council Liaison Reports,
Executive Director’s Report, Science
Report, Committee Reports, and any
continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council’s
Committees and the Council itself are:
On Tuesday, December 13, the MidAtlantic Monkfish Subcommittee will
discuss issues and concerns unique to
the Mid-Atlantic Monkfish fishery and
potential management solutions. The
Council will receive presentation on the
CIE Review of the June 2012 Excessive
Shares Workshop and followed by
Council discussion on next steps. Kris
Ohleth will provide the Council with a
presentation on the Atlantic Wind
Connection Project. The Council will
receive a presentation from Chris Boelke
and Lou Chiarella of the NMFS Habitat
Division. The Council will discuss and
identify the next steps related to the
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November 14 Ecosystem and Ocean
Planning Committee meeting.
On Wednesday, December 14, the
Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Boards will review the
Scientific and Statistical Committee’s
(SSC) and the associated Monitoring
Committee’s and Advisory Panel’s
specification recommendations and
adopt 2012 commercial and recreational
harvest levels and commercial
management measures for summer
flounder and scup, and finalize
recreational management measures for
summer flounder, scup, and black sea
bass. The Council will review
alternatives to address spatial and
regional management of the black sea
bass recreational fishery and discuss
potential complimentary action by the
Council and ASMFC Board related to
Amendment 17 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
FMP.
On Thursday, December 15, the
Council will present the Ricks E Savage
Award. The Council will receive a
presentation by Ingrid Biedron of
Cornell University on Fishery
Management Councils: Decisionmaking, Communication, and Social
Factors Associated with Ecosystembased Fisheries Management. The
Council will hold its regular Business
Session to approve the October 2011
minutes and address any outstanding
actions from the October 2011 meeting,
review and approve SOPPs, review and
approve 5-year research plan, receive
Organizational Reports, Liaison Reports,
the Executive Director’s Report, the
Science Report, Committee Reports, and
any continuing and/or new business.
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
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 aid
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
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(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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International Affairs; U.S. Fishing
Opportunity in the Northwest Atlantic
Fisheries Organization Regulatory
Area
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
AGENCY:
Notification of U.S. fishing
opportunity.
ACTION:
NMFS announces a U.S.
fishing opportunity for 1,000 mt
yellowtail flounder in Division 3LNO of
the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization (NAFO) Regulatory Area
during 2011. This action is necessary to
make available this U.S. fishing
opportunity on an equitable basis.
SUMMARY:
Expressions of interest regarding
NAFO Division 3LNO yellowtail
flounder will be accepted through
December 13, 2011. Fishing operations
must take place during 2011.
DATES:
Expressions of interest
regarding NAFO Division 3LNO
yellowtail flounder should be made in
writing to Patrick E. Moran in the NMFS
Office of International Affairs, at 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD
20910 (phone: (301) 427–8370, fax:
(301) 713–2313, email:
Pat.Moran@noaa.gov).
Information relating to NAFO fish
quotas, NAFO Conservation and
Enforcement Measures, and the High
Seas Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA)
Permit is available from Douglas
Christel, at the NMFS Northeast
Regional Office at 55 Great Republic
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930 (phone:
(978) 281–9141, fax: (978) 281–9135,
email: douglas.christel@noaa.gov) and
from NAFO on the World Wide Web at
https://www.nafo.int.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Patrick E. Moran, (301) 427–8370.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
NAFO has established and maintains
conservation measures in its Regulatory
Area that include one effort limitation
fishery as well as fisheries with total
allowable catches (TACs) and member
nation quota allocations. The principal
species managed are cod, flounder,
redfish, American plaice, halibut, hake,
capelin, shrimp, skates and squid. The
United States currently receives no
yellowtail flounder allocation from
NAFO. However, as the result of a
bilateral arrangement with Canada, the
United States may request a transfer of
up to 1,000 mt of NAFO Division 3LNO
yellowtail flounder from Canada’s quota
allocation for use by U.S. vessels during
2011, or any succeeding year through
2017. In January 2011, this fishing
opportunity was announced in the
Federal Register and two U.S. vessels
were subsequently identified to harvest
the fish during 2011. Due to changing
economic and other circumstances,
these vessels will now be unable to fish
during 2011. New procedures for
obtaining NMFS authorization to fish
for NAFO Division 3LNO yellowtail are
specified below.
U.S. Fishing Vessel Applicants
Expressions of interest to fish 1,000
mt of yellowtail flounder in NAFO
Division 3LNO will once again be
considered from U.S. vessels in
possession of, or eligible for, a valid
HSFCA permit, which is available from
the NMFS Northeast Regional Office
(see ADDRESSES). All expressions of
interest should be directed in writing to
Patrick E. Moran (see ADDRESSES).
Letters of interest from U.S. vessel
owners should include the name,
registration, and home port of the
applicant vessel as required by NAFO in
advance of fishing operations. In
addition, any available information on
dates of fishing operations should be
included. To ensure equitable access by
U.S. vessel owners, NMFS may
promulgate regulations designed to
choose one or more U.S. applicants from
among expressions of interest.
Note that vessels issued valid HSFCA
permits under 50 CFR part 300 are
exempt from multispecies permit, mesh
size, effort-control, and possession limit
restrictions, specified in 50 CFR 648.4,
648.80, 648.82 and 648.86, respectively,
while transiting the U.S. exclusive
economic zone (EEZ) with multispecies
on board the vessel, or landing
multispecies in U.S. ports that were
caught while fishing in the NAFO
Regulatory Area, provided:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA846
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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) and its
Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Subcommittee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, December 13 through Thursday,
December 15, 2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and
times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at Kingsmill, 1010 Kingsmill Road,
Williamsburg, VA 23185; telephone: (757) 253-1703.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302)
674-2331 ext. 255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
9 a.m. until noon--The Monkfish Subcommittee will meet.
1 p.m.--The Council will convene.
1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m.--There will be a presentation on the CIE Review
of the June 2012 Excessive Shares Workshop and Council discussion on
next steps.
2:30 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.--An Atlantic Wind Connection Project
presentation will occur.
3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.--A presentation from the National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) Habitat Division will occur.
4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.--A discussion on the November 14 Ecosystem
and Ocean Planning Committee meeting will be held.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
8 a.m.--The Council will convene.
8 a.m. until 4 p.m.--The Council will adopt recommendations for 2012
commercial and recreational harvest levels and commercial management
measures for summer flounder and scup and finalize summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass recreational management measures for 2012 in
conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards.
4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m.--There will be a review with the ASMFC Board of
Amendment 17 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP
alternatives.
5:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.--There will be a Public Listening Session.
Thursday, August 18, 2011
8:30 a.m.--The Council will convene.
8:30 a.m. until 9 a.m.--The Ricks E Savage Award will be presented.
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Council will receive a presentation on
Fishery Management Councils: Decision-making, Communication, and Social
Factors Associated with Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management.
9:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m.--The Council will conduct its regular
Business Session, receive Organizational Reports, Council Liaison
Reports, Executive Director's Report, Science Report, Committee
Reports, and any continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
On Tuesday, December 13, the Mid-Atlantic Monkfish Subcommittee
will discuss issues and concerns unique to the Mid-Atlantic Monkfish
fishery and potential management solutions. The Council will receive
presentation on the CIE Review of the June 2012 Excessive Shares
Workshop and followed by Council discussion on next steps. Kris Ohleth
will provide the Council with a presentation on the Atlantic Wind
Connection Project. The Council will receive a presentation from Chris
Boelke and Lou Chiarella of the NMFS Habitat Division. The Council will
discuss and identify the next steps related to the
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November 14 Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee meeting.
On Wednesday, December 14, the Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards will review
the Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) and the associated
Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification
recommendations and adopt 2012 commercial and recreational harvest
levels and commercial management measures for summer flounder and scup,
and finalize recreational management measures for summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass. The Council will review alternatives to
address spatial and regional management of the black sea bass
recreational fishery and discuss potential complimentary action by the
Council and ASMFC Board related to Amendment 17 to the Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP.
On Thursday, December 15, the Council will present the Ricks E
Savage Award. The Council will receive a presentation by Ingrid Biedron
of Cornell University on Fishery Management Councils: Decision-making,
Communication, and Social Factors Associated with Ecosystem-based
Fisheries Management. The Council will hold its regular Business
Session to approve the October 2011 minutes and address any outstanding
actions from the October 2011 meeting, review and approve SOPPs, review
and approve 5-year research plan, receive Organizational Reports,
Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report, the Science Report,
Committee Reports, and any continuing and/or new business.
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 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 aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-30459 Filed 11-25-11; 8:45 am]
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