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Dated: May 1, 2012.
Dwayne Meadows,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division,
Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Groundfish Advisory Panel will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring
Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone:
(207) 775–2311; fax: (207) 772–4017.
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:
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Agenda
The Groundfish Advisory Panel (GAP)
will meet to discuss pending groundfish
management actions. The GAP will
discuss possible adjustments to
management measures for sectors. The
focus of this discussion will be on
possible changes to the sector
monitoring program, but may also
consider other sector management
issues. The GAP will discuss dockside,
at-sea, and electronic monitoring
options. The GAP will also discuss
possible changes to the treatment of
Annual Catch Limits and Accountability
Measures. Other business may also be
discussed. GAP recommendations will
be provided to the Groundfish Oversight
Committee at a future meeting.
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
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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: May 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) of the Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council (Council)
will hold a meeting.
DATES: The SSC will meet Wednesday
and Thursday, May 23–24, 2012
beginning at 10 a.m. on May 23 and
conclude by 4 p.m. on May 24.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Pier V Hotel, 711 Eastern Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (410)
539–2000.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
primary purpose of the SSC meeting
includes: Review multi-year
specifications for Loligo and Illex squid;
reaffirm 2012 ABC recommendation for
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butterfish; review performance of
butterfish mortality cap program; make
2013–15 ABC recommendations for
butterfish and Atlantic mackerel; review
and adopt criteria for establishing multiyear ABC recommendations; review
RSA funded projects for 2012; and
receive report of the Ecosystems
Subcommittee (review Ecosystem
Guidance Document outline).
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 M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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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 Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Pacific Council)
will convene a Methodology Review
Panel May 29–31, 2012. The meeting is
open to the public.
DATES: The Methodology Review Panel
will meet Tuesday, May 29 through
Thursday, May 31, 2011. Business will
begin the first day at 8:30 a.m., and will
begin at 8 a.m. each subsequent day.
Business will conclude each day at
5 p.m. or until business for the day is
completed.
SUMMARY:
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The meeting will be held in
the Large Conference Room of the
National Marine Fisheries Service’s
Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Torrey Pines Campus; 3333 North
Torrey Pines Court, La Jolla, CA 92037–
1023; telephone: (858) 546–7000.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
The
purpose of the Methodology Review
Panel meeting is to consider the design
of the West Coast Vancouver Island
trawl survey, the data collected from the
survey, the methods used to analyze the
collected data, the utility of the data for
use in stock assessment models for
Pacific sardine, and the potential to use
of the collected data to monitor trends
at the population level.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may
come before the Methodology Review
Panel for discussion, those issues may
not be the subject of formal action
during this meeting. Methodology
Review Panel 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 Methodology Review Panel’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Dale
Sweetnam, at (858) 546–7170, at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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General Advisory Committee and
Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to
the U.S. Section to the Inter-American
Tropical Tuna Commission; Meeting
Announcement
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces a meeting
of the Scientific Advisory Subcommittee
(SAS) on May 30, 2012, and a meeting
of the General Advisory Committee
(GAC) to the U.S. Section to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission
(IATTC) on May 31, 2012. Meeting
topics are provided under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
DATES: The meeting of the SAS will be
held on May 30, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. PDT (or until business is
concluded), and the meeting of the GAC
will be held on May 31, 2012, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. PDT (or until business is
concluded).
ADDRESSES: Both meetings will be held
in the Conference Room 1 at Carlsbad
Fish and Wildlife Service: 6010 Hidden
Valley Road, Carlsbad, CA 92011. Please
notify Heidi Taylor prior to May 18,
2012, of your plans to attend either
meeting, or interest in a teleconference
option.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Heidi Taylor, Southwest Region, NMFS
at Heidi.Taylor@noaa.gov, or at (562)
980–4039.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In
accordance with the Tuna Conventions
Act, as amended, the Department of
State has appointed a General Advisory
Committee (GAC) and a Scientific
Advisory Subcommittee (SAS) to the
U.S. Section to the IATTC. The U.S.
Section consists of four U.S.
Commissioners to the IATTC and a
representative of the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for Oceans and
Fisheries. The GAC and SAS support
the U.S. Section to the IATTC in an
advisory capacity; in particular, they
provide advice on the development of
U.S. policies, positions, and negotiating
tactics. NOAA Fisheries Southwest
Regional office administers the GAC and
SAS in cooperation with the
Department of State. The next annual
meeting of the IATTC is scheduled for
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June 18–June 29, 2012, in La Jolla, CA.
For more information on this meeting,
please visit the IATTC’s Web site:
https://www.iattc.org/HomeENG.htm.
Meeting Topics
The SAS meeting topics will include,
but are not limited to, the following: (1)
Relevant stock status updates, including
yellowfin, bigeye, skipjack, and albacore
tunas; (2) updates on bycatch mitigation
measures; (3) evaluation of the IATTC’s
recommended conservation measures,
U.S. proposals, and proposals from
other IATTC members; (4) AIDCP
dolphin abundance surveys; (5) input to
the GAC; and (6) other issues as they
arise.
The GAC meeting topics will include,
but are not limited to, the following: (1)
Relevant stock status updates, including
yellowfin, bigeye, skipjack, and albacore
tunas; (2) U.S. regulatory changes that
could affect tuna fisheries in the eastern
Pacific Ocean; (3) updates on
international agreements that could
affect the IATTC; (4) the status of U.S
legislation to implement the Antigua
Convention; (5) outcomes of the IATTC
Capacity Working Group meeting; (6)
input from the SAS; (7) input and
advice from the GAC on issues that may
arise at the upcoming 2012 IATTC
meetings, including the IATTC’s
recommended conservation measures,
potential U.S. proposals, and potential
proposals from other IATTC members;
and (9) other issues as they arise.
Special Accommodations
The meeting location is physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Heidi Taylor at
(562) 980–4039 by May 28, 2012.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Caribbean Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
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Pacific 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 Pacific Fishery Management Council (Pacific Council) will
convene a Methodology Review Panel May 29-31, 2012. The meeting is open
to the public.
DATES: The Methodology Review Panel will meet Tuesday, May 29 through
Thursday, May 31, 2011. Business will begin the first day at 8:30 a.m.,
and will begin at 8 a.m. each subsequent day. Business will conclude
each day at 5 p.m. or until business for the day is completed.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Large Conference Room of the
National Marine Fisheries Service's Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Torrey Pines Campus; 3333 North Torrey Pines Court, La Jolla, CA 92037-
1023; telephone: (858) 546-7000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kerry Griffin, Staff Officer;
telephone: (503) 820-2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the Methodology Review Panel
meeting is to consider the design of the West Coast Vancouver Island
trawl survey, the data collected from the survey, the methods used to
analyze the collected data, the utility of the data for use in stock
assessment models for Pacific sardine, and the potential to use of the
collected data to monitor trends at the population level.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in the meeting agenda
may come before the Methodology Review Panel for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting.
Methodology Review Panel 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 Methodology Review Panel'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 Mr. Dale Sweetnam, at (858) 546-
7170, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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