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possible modifications to groundfish
closed areas and the recent Endangered
Species Act listing of Atlantic Sturgeon.
Other business may also be discussed.
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
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
This meeting is 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
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 27, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council will hold meetings
of its: Snapper Grouper AP; Joint
Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp AP;
Dolphin Wahoo AP; King and Spanish
Mackerel AP; and Coral AP in North
Charleston, SC. An MPA Workshop will
be held in conjunction with the Snapper
Grouper AP meeting. All meetings are
open to the public. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
DATES: The meetings will take place
from April 18–May 10, 2012. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Blvd., North Charleston,
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SC 29418; telephone: (843) 308–9330;
fax: (843) 308–9331.
Copies of documents are available
from Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer, South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 4055 Faber Place
Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC
29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free at
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520;
email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
1. Snapper Grouper AP Meeting:
April 18–19, 2012
Members of the Snapper Grouper AP
will meet from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on April
18, 2012 and from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. on
April 19, 2012. The AP will receive an
update on recent amendments,
including Snapper Grouper Amendment
24 (red grouper), Snapper Grouper
Amendment 18A (black sea bass),
Regulatory Amendment 11 (removal of
240 foot closure), Regulatory
Amendment 12 (golden tilefish) and
Snapper Grouper Amendment 20A
(wreckfish). The AP will discuss
developing amendments, including:
Snapper Grouper Amendment 18B,
which includes measures to implement
an endorsement program for the
commercial golden tilefish fishery; and
Snapper Grouper Amendment 20,
which addresses the current Individual
Transferable Quota (ITQ) program for
wreckfish. In addition, the AP will
review proposed measures in
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based
Amendment 3 including options to
create and/or expand existing marine
protected areas to help provide
protection for speckled hind and
Warsaw grouper. The AP will provide
recommendations to the Council for
consideration.
2. Marine Protected Area (MPA)
Workshop: April 18, 2012
The Council will host an MPA
Workshop for the public beginning at 6
p.m. in order to solicit input regarding
the use of MPAs to reduce bycatch
mortality associated with speckled hind
and Warsaw grouper.
3. Joint Shrimp AP and Deepwater
Shrimp AP Meeting: April 20, 2012
Members of the Joint Shrimp and
Deepwater Shrimp AP will meet from
8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The APs will
review measures in Shrimp Amendment
9 that include revising the Minimum
Stock Size Threshold (MSST) proxy for
pink shrimp and streamlining the
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concurrent closure process of penaeid
shrimp fisheries. Members will receive
a briefing on issues related to Atlantic
sturgeon which were recently listed as
endangered. The APs will also review
options and provide recommendations
for expansion of Deepwater Coral
Habitat Areas of Particular Concern
(HAPC) as included in the
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based
Amendment.
4. Dolphin Wahoo AP Meeting:
April 24, 2012
Members of the Dolphin Wahoo AP
will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
The AP will review revised numbers for
recreational landings of dolphin and
wahoo through the Marine Recreational
Information Program and discuss
allocation issues.
5. King and Spanish Mackerel AP
Meeting: April 24–25, 2012
Members of the King and Spanish
Mackerel AP will meet from 1:30 p.m.
on April 24, 2012 until 4 p.m. on April
25, 2012. The AP will receive updates
on amendments and assessments,
including: Mackerel Amendment 18,
which establishes Annual Catch Limits
and Accountability Measures for
mackerel and cobia; and the recent stock
assessment of Spanish mackerel and
cobia. The AP will discuss developing
amendments, including Mackerel
Amendment 19 addressing permits and
sale of bag-limit mackerel and cobia,
and Amendment 20 addressing
boundaries and transit provisions. The
AP will also review a list of framework
items and provide recommendations.
6. Coral AP Meeting: May 9–10, 2012
Members of the Coral AP will meet
from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May 9, 2012
and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on
May 10, 2012. The AP will review
alternatives for expansion of Deepwater
Coral HAPCs as included in the draft
Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based
Amendment 3. The AP will also receive
an update from NOAA Fisheries Habitat
Conservation Division, an overview of
the Florida Reef Managers Meeting, and
an update on exotic species. The AP
will appoint a chair, elect a vice-chair
and will provide recommendations to
the Council for consideration.
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 these meetings. 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-
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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.
addressed may change. The meetings
will run as late as necessary to complete
scheduled business.
Special Accommodations
April 16, 2012—1 p.m.–5 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Assignment of Rapporteurs.
4. Guiding Principles for
Development of Effective Fishery
Monitoring Programs.
5. Evaluation of data collection
programs in the Western Pacific.
6. Improving fishery data collections
and status reporting.
A. Summary of the Fishery Data
Collection Improvement Workshop.
B. Update on Status of Fishery Data
Collection Improvement Actions.
C. Data collection in military
installations in Guam.
D. Discussion on the fishery
characterization based on creel survey
performance.
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other 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: March 27, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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April 17, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
7. Review of the Status of the Western
Pacific Insular Fisheries.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Western Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold meetings of its Joint Marianas and
American Samoa Archipelago Plan
Team (Joint PT) and Hawaii and Pacific
Remote Island Area Archipelago Plan
Team (HI–PRIA PT) to review the status
of the nearshore fisheries, data
collection issues and improvements,
improvements in the Annual Catch
Limit specifications, and developing
Cooperative Research Priorities.
DATES: The Joint PT meeting will be
held on April 16–18, 2012 and the HI–
PRIA PT on April 19–20, 2012. For
specific times and agendas, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The Joint PT and HI–PRIA
PT meetings will be held at the Council
office, 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400,
Honolulu, HI 96813; telephone: (808)
522–8220.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kitty M. Simonds, Executive Director;
telephone: (808) 522–8220.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public
comment periods will be provided. The
order in which agenda items are
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Meeting
A. American Samoa
i. Coral reef and crustacean fisheries.
ii. Bottomfish fisheries.
iii. Precious corals fishery and coral
reef habitat status.
iv. Update on Bio-Sampling Program
data summary.
v. Non-stock related factors affecting
Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) in the coral
reef fisheries.
vi. Estimation of non-commercial
landings.
vii. Administrative and regulatory
updates.
viii. Discussions.
B. Commonwealth of Northern Mariana
Islands
i. Coral reef fisheries.
ii. Bottomfish fisheries.
iii. Crustacean and precious coral
fisheries.
iv. Coral reef habitat status.
v. Update on Bio-Sampling Program
and Spearfishing Market-flow project.
vi. Estimation of non-commercial
landings.
vii. Administrative and regulatory
updates.
viii. Discussions.
C. Guam
i. Coral reef fisheries.
ii. Bottomfish fisheries.
iii. Crustacean fisheries.
iv. Precious corals fishery and coral
reef habitat status.
v. Update on Bio-Sampling Program
Data Summary.
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vi. Estimation of non-commercial
landings.
vii. Administrative and regulatory
updates.
viii. Discussions.
8. Format and information needs for
the Annual Report Modules.
9. Improving Annual Catch Limit
(ACL) specifications.
A. Surplus production model using
biomass, catch, and natural mortality
estimates.
B. Use of other data sources (e.g.
commercial receipt book, BioSampling).
C. Discussions.
April 18, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
10. Essential Fish Habitat/Habitat
Area of Particular Concern (EFH/HAPC).
A. Territory bottomfish, pelagic, and
precious corals.
B. Coral reef ecosystem management
unit species.
C. Coral reef EFH Project.
11. Status of the territorial bottomfish
assessment.
12. The Council Five-Year Research
Priorities.
13. Development and Review of
Cooperative Research Priorities and
Projects.
14. Other Business.
15. Public Comments.
16. Rapporteur reports.
17. General discussions and Plan
Team recommendations.
Schedule and Agenda for the Hawaii
and Pacific Remote Island Area Plan
Team meeting
April 19, 2012—8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
1. Welcome and Introductions.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Assignment of Rapporteurs.
4. Guiding Principles for
Development of Effective Fishery
Monitoring Programs.
5. Status of Fishery Monitoring
Programs and Research Projects.
A. Coral reef fisheries.
B. Crustacean fisheries.
C. Precious coral fisheries and gold
coral moratorium.
i. Status of the black coral surveys.
D. Bottomfish fisheries.
i. Main Hawaiian Island Annual Catch
Target Monitoring.
ii. Performance of trip level reporting.
iii. Status of Cooperative Research
Projects.
iv. Evaluation of effectiveness of
Bottomfish Restricted Areas.
E. Hawaii non-commercial landing
estimation.
F. Administrative and regulatory
updates.
G. Report on reef fish tagging in
Palmyra Atoll.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XB136
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold
meetings of its: Snapper Grouper AP; Joint Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp
AP; Dolphin Wahoo AP; King and Spanish Mackerel AP; and Coral AP in
North Charleston, SC. An MPA Workshop will be held in conjunction with
the Snapper Grouper AP meeting. All meetings are open to the public.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meetings will take place from April 18-May 10, 2012. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265
International Blvd., North Charleston, SC 29418; telephone: (843) 308-
9330; fax: (843) 308-9331.
Copies of documents are available from Kim Iverson, Public
Information Officer, South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 4055
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim Iverson, Public Information
Officer; telephone: (843) 571-4366 or toll free at (866) SAFMC-10; fax:
(843) 769-4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Meeting Dates
1. Snapper Grouper AP Meeting: April 18-19, 2012
Members of the Snapper Grouper AP will meet from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on
April 18, 2012 and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on April 19, 2012. The AP will
receive an update on recent amendments, including Snapper Grouper
Amendment 24 (red grouper), Snapper Grouper Amendment 18A (black sea
bass), Regulatory Amendment 11 (removal of 240 foot closure),
Regulatory Amendment 12 (golden tilefish) and Snapper Grouper Amendment
20A (wreckfish). The AP will discuss developing amendments, including:
Snapper Grouper Amendment 18B, which includes measures to implement an
endorsement program for the commercial golden tilefish fishery; and
Snapper Grouper Amendment 20, which addresses the current Individual
Transferable Quota (ITQ) program for wreckfish. In addition, the AP
will review proposed measures in Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based
Amendment 3 including options to create and/or expand existing marine
protected areas to help provide protection for speckled hind and Warsaw
grouper. The AP will provide recommendations to the Council for
consideration.
2. Marine Protected Area (MPA) Workshop: April 18, 2012
The Council will host an MPA Workshop for the public beginning at 6
p.m. in order to solicit input regarding the use of MPAs to reduce
bycatch mortality associated with speckled hind and Warsaw grouper.
3. Joint Shrimp AP and Deepwater Shrimp AP Meeting: April 20, 2012
Members of the Joint Shrimp and Deepwater Shrimp AP will meet from
8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. The APs will review measures in Shrimp Amendment
9 that include revising the Minimum Stock Size Threshold (MSST) proxy
for pink shrimp and streamlining the concurrent closure process of
penaeid shrimp fisheries. Members will receive a briefing on issues
related to Atlantic sturgeon which were recently listed as endangered.
The APs will also review options and provide recommendations for
expansion of Deepwater Coral Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC)
as included in the Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment.
4. Dolphin Wahoo AP Meeting: April 24, 2012
Members of the Dolphin Wahoo AP will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 12
noon. The AP will review revised numbers for recreational landings of
dolphin and wahoo through the Marine Recreational Information Program
and discuss allocation issues.
5. King and Spanish Mackerel AP Meeting: April 24-25, 2012
Members of the King and Spanish Mackerel AP will meet from 1:30
p.m. on April 24, 2012 until 4 p.m. on April 25, 2012. The AP will
receive updates on amendments and assessments, including: Mackerel
Amendment 18, which establishes Annual Catch Limits and Accountability
Measures for mackerel and cobia; and the recent stock assessment of
Spanish mackerel and cobia. The AP will discuss developing amendments,
including Mackerel Amendment 19 addressing permits and sale of bag-
limit mackerel and cobia, and Amendment 20 addressing boundaries and
transit provisions. The AP will also review a list of framework items
and provide recommendations.
6. Coral AP Meeting: May 9-10, 2012
Members of the Coral AP will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on May
9, 2012 and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on May 10, 2012. The AP will
review alternatives for expansion of Deepwater Coral HAPCs as included
in the draft Comprehensive Ecosystem-Based Amendment 3. The AP will
also receive an update from NOAA Fisheries Habitat Conservation
Division, an overview of the Florida Reef Managers Meeting, and an
update on exotic species. The AP will appoint a chair, elect a vice-
chair and will provide recommendations to the Council for
consideration.
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 these meetings. 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-
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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 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: March 27, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-7662 Filed 3-29-12; 8:45 am]
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