Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshops, 70150-70151 [2012-28490]
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Working Group will hold public
meetings.
The meetings will be held
Monday, December 10, 2012 through
Thursday, December 13, 2012. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
Pier V, 711 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore,
MD 21202; telephone: (410) 539–2000.
Council Address: Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., 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; telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
Monday, December 10—The Visioning
and Strategic Planning Working Group
will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. On
Tuesday, December 11—The Visioning
and Strategic Planning Working Group
will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. On
Wednesday, December 12—The
Executive Committee will meet from 8
a.m. to 9 a.m. The Council will convene
at 9 a.m. From 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.,
the Council will hold its regular
Business Session to approve the October
2012 minutes and receive liaison,
organizational, Executive Director,
Science, and Committee Reports. From
11:30 a.m. until 12 p.m., the proposed
rule on Amendment 5 to the Highly
Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) regarding
shark rebuilding and management
measures will be presented. From 1 p.m.
until 2:30 p.m., Mackerel, Squid,
Butterfish, River Herring, and Shad will
be discussed. From 2:30 p.m. until 3:30
p.m., Special Management Zone (SMZ)
Alternatives will be discussed. From
3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.,. Black Sea Bass
issues will be discussed. There will be
a Public Listening Session from 5 p.m.
until 6 p.m. on Wednesday evening
with discussion of impacts from
Hurricane Sandy. On Thursday
December 13—The Demersal Committee
will meet as a Committee of the Whole
with the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Board. From 9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.,
summer flounder 2013 recreational
management measures will be finalized
with the Board. From 10:30 a.m. until
12 p.m., scup 2013 recreational
management measures with the Board
will be finalized. From 1 p.m. until 4
p.m., the black sea bass 2013
recreational management measures with
the Board will be finalized. From 4 p.m.
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until 5 p.m., the Council will conduct
any continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council’s
Committees and the Council itself are:
On Monday, December 10—The
Visioning and Strategic Planning
Working Group will discuss the next
steps for completing the draft strategic
plan, finalize Science and Data and
Ecosystems goal sequences, review top
themes from the Visioning Project, and
discuss objectives, strategies, and tactics
for one strategic goal sequence. On
Tuesday, December 11—The Visioning
and Strategic Planning Working Group
will review the outcomes from Monday
and discuss objectives, strategies, and
tactics for up to three strategic goals. On
Wednesday, December 12—The
Executive Committee will meet to
identify the 2013 Council priorities and
discuss the nominations for the Ricks E.
Savage Award. The Council will hold its
regular Business Session to approve the
October minutes, and receive liaison,
organizational, Executive Director,
Science, and Committee Reports. The
Council will receive a presentation from
NMFS regarding Amendment 5 to the
HMS FMP. The Council will hold its
second meeting of Framework 8 to
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB).
MSB Amendment 15 scoping results
will be presented and confirmation on
scope of Amendment for the Fishery
Management Action Team (FMAT) will
be discussed along with an update on
the January 15–17, 2013 Squid
Management Workshop. The Council
will discuss SMZ Alternatives. The
Council will discuss Black Sea Bass
issues with regard to the 2012 overages
and review accountability measures and
black sea bass data. The Council will
hold a public listening session to
discuss fishery impacts from Hurricane
Sandy. On Thursday, December 13—the
Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Boards will review and
discuss the associated Monitoring
Committee’s and Advisory Panel’s
recommendations and develop and
approve 2013 recreational management
measures for summer flounder, scup,
and black sea bass. The Council will
also discuss an update on Amendment
17 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass FMP. The ASMFC Board
will discuss an Addendum to enable
State-by-State Black Sea Bass
Recreational Management Measures.
The Council will conduct any
continuing and/or new business.
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 these meetings. Action
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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 MagnusonStevens 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 aid
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders,
(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: November 19, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements; Public
Workshops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of workshop.
AGENCY:
NMFS, Alaska Region, will
present a workshop on seaLandings, a
consolidated electronic means of
reporting landings and production of
commercial groundfish to multiple
management agencies for Federal and
State fisheries off Alaska, and 2013
recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for the Alaska groundfish
fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota
fisheries.
DATES: The workshop will be held on
November 29, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held
at the Swedish Cultural Center located
at 1920 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA.
Directions to the center can be found on
its Web site, https://www.swedish
culturalcenter.org/contacts.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susan Hall, 907–586–7462.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
workshop will include a discussion of
SUMMARY:
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2013 recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for Alaska groundfish
fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota
fisheries and instructions for completing
and submitting required reports and
logbooks using seaLandings.
The final rule for monitoring and
enforcement requirements in the Bering
Sea and Aleutian Islands freezer
longline fleet (77 FR 59053) mandates
that vessel operators who opt into the
program will be required to use an
electronic logbook beginning in 2013.
NMFS will provide a demonstration
of the latest version of seaLandings for
at-sea catcher/processors and
motherships, and training on how to
submit daily production reports and
landing reports with and without
Individual Fishing Quota. NMFS will
also provide a demonstration of the
freezer longline catcher/processor
electronic logbook in seaLandings.
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Notice.
Special Accommodations
This workshop will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Susan Hall, 907–
586–7462, at least 5 working days prior
to the meeting date.
ACTION:
Dated: November 19, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2012-28490]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC357
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska;
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshops
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of workshop.
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SUMMARY: NMFS, Alaska Region, will present a workshop on seaLandings, a
consolidated electronic means of reporting landings and production of
commercial groundfish to multiple management agencies for Federal and
State fisheries off Alaska, and 2013 recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries and Individual Fishing
Quota fisheries.
DATES: The workshop will be held on November 29, 2012, from 9:00 a.m.
to 1:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Swedish Cultural Center
located at 1920 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA. Directions to the center
can be found on its Web site, https://www.swedishculturalcenter.org/contacts.htm.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Hall, 907-586-7462.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop will include a discussion of
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2013 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for Alaska groundfish
fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota fisheries and instructions for
completing and submitting required reports and logbooks using
seaLandings.
The final rule for monitoring and enforcement requirements in the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands freezer longline fleet (77 FR 59053)
mandates that vessel operators who opt into the program will be
required to use an electronic logbook beginning in 2013.
NMFS will provide a demonstration of the latest version of
seaLandings for at-sea catcher/processors and motherships, and training
on how to submit daily production reports and landing reports with and
without Individual Fishing Quota. NMFS will also provide a
demonstration of the freezer longline catcher/processor electronic
logbook in seaLandings.
Special Accommodations
This workshop will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Susan Hall, 907-586-7462, at least
5 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 19, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-28490 Filed 11-21-12; 8:45 am]
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