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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC693
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: 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
Monday, June 10, 2013 at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel,
11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI
02903; telephone: (401) 421–0700; fax:
(401) 455–3040.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
of discussion in the committee’s agenda
are as follows:
The Groundfish Advisory Panel will
meet, primarily to develop
recommendations on issues that will be
discussed during the June 11, 2013 joint
meeting of the Groundfish and Habitat
Oversight Committees and the June 12,
2013 meeting of the Groundfish
Oversight Committee. They will discuss
issues related to Amendment 18 of the
Northeast Multispecies FMP to include:
Review Plan Development Team
analyses to date; Develop
recommendations on a purpose and
need statement, and on potentially
revising the goals and objectives. Also
on the agenda will be items related to
the alternatives development for the
Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat
Amendment 2 (OA2) which will
include: Development of appropriate
bridle length caps to be used on nogroundcable trawl gear within two
potential adverse effects habitat
management areas in the Great South
Channel and on Georges Shoal. These
gear modification options could be
implemented via OA2 if approved by
the Council. They will also develop a
list of key groundfish gear
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characteristics to be part of a data
collection program, which could be
implemented via OA2 if approved by
the Council. The information gathered
via this data collection program would
be used to develop gear modification
options to minimize the adverse effects
of fishing on EFH in future management
actions. The panel will address other
business as necessary.
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
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: May 20, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC695
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
Research Set-Aside Committee, its
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee,
its Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Committee, and its Executive
Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 through
Thursday, June 13, 2013. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
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The meetings will be held at
the Double Tree Hilton Tinton FallsEatontown, 700 Hope Road, Eatontown,
NJ 07724; telephone: (732) 544–9300.
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:
ADDRESSES:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
8 a.m. until 11 a.m.—The Mackerel,
Squid, Butterfish (MSB) Committee will
meet.
11 a.m. until 3 p.m.—The Surfclam
and Ocean Quahog (SC/OQ) Committee
will meet.
3 p.m.—The Council will convene.
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.—The Council
Strategic Plan will be discussed.
5 p.m. until 6 p.m.—The Listening
Session will be held.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
9 a.m.—The Council will convene.
9 a.m. until 11 a.m.—The Omnibus
Recreational Amendment will be
discussed.
11 a.m. until 12 p.m.—There will be
an Update on Atlantic Sturgeon
Biological Opinion.
1 p.m. until 3 p.m.—The Council will
discuss MSB Committee actions and
approve annual specifications and
related management measures.
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.—The Council will
discuss SC/OQ Committee actions and
approve the Data Collection Protocol
document by the FMAT.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
9 a.m. until 10 a.m.—The Executive
Committee will meet.
10 a.m. until 2 p.m.—The Council
will hold its regular Business Session to
approve the December 2012 and April
2013 minutes, receive Organizational
Reports, the New England and South
Atlantic Liaison Reports, the Executive
Director’s Report, the Science Report;
Committee Reports, and conduct any
continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council’s
Committees and the Council itself are:
On Tuesday, June 11—The MSB
Committee will review and develop
recommendations for annual MSB
specifications and related management
measures, including but limited to:
Butterfish Allowable Biological Catch
for 2014, river herring/shad cap for the
mackerel fishery, gear stowage
requirements, longfin roll-over and
reserve options, longfin mesh
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requirements, and Longfin possession
limits for the Illex fishery; Illex control
date, Amendment 15 update, and the
squid port meeting results. The SC/OQ
Committee will review and develop
recommendations for the 2014–2016
specifications and review and advise on
the Data Collection Protocol document
prepared by the Fishery Management
Action Team. The Council will review
and approve the Draft Strategic Plan.
During the Listening Session John
Bullard will give a review of the NMFS
Listening Sessions.
On Wednesday, June 12—The Council
will review and approve the Omnibus
Recreational Amendment for
submission to NMFS. NERO will
provide an Update on Atlantic Sturgeon
Biological Opinion. The Council will
review MSB Committee actions,
approve annual specifications and
related management measures (see
above list for MSB Committee), approve
Illex control date, and receive an
Amendment 15 update. The Council
will review SC/OQ Committee actions,
approve 2014–16 specifications for
surfclams and ocean quahogs and
approve the Data Collection Protocol
document prepared by the FMAT.
On Thursday, June 13—The Executive
Committee will receive an update on the
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
Management document and discuss
wind energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management, and the next steps. The
Council will hold its regular Business
Session to approve the December 2012
and April 2013 minutes, receive
Organizational Reports, the New
England and South Atlantic Liaison
Report, the Executive Director’s Report,
Science Report, Committee Reports, and
conduct any continuing and/or new
business.
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 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,
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(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: May 20, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Administration
Nomination of Existing Marine
Protected Areas to the National
System of Marine Protected Areas
National Marine Protected
Areas Center (MPA Center), Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS),
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice; request for public
comments.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In January 2013, NOAA and
the Department of the Interior (DOI)
invited federal, state, commonwealth,
and territorial marine protected area
(MPA) programs with potentially
eligible existing MPAs to nominate their
sites to the National System of MPAs
(national system). The national system
and the nomination process are
described in the Framework for the
National System of Marine Protected
Areas of the United States (Framework),
developed in response to Executive
Order 13158 on Marine Protected Areas
and published on November 19, 2008
(73 FR 69608). The Framework provides
guidance for collaborative efforts among
federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal and local governments
and stakeholders to develop an effective
and well-coordinated national system of
MPAs.
DATES: Comments on the nominations to
the national system are due July 22,
2013.
Lauren Wenzel, National
Marine Protected Areas Center, Office of
National Marine Sanctuaries, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/NMS, Silver Spring,
MD 20910. Comments sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, will not be
considered by NOAA.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lauren Wenzel, NOAA, at 301–713–
7265 or via email at
lauren.wenzel@noaa.gov. A detailed
electronic copy of the List of National
ADDRESSES:
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System MPAs is available for download
at https://www.mpa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background on National System
The national system of MPAs is made
up of member MPA sites, networks and
systems established and managed by
federal, state, commonwealth,
territorial, tribal or local governments
that collectively enhance conservation
of the nation’s natural and cultural
marine heritage and represent its
diverse ecosystems and resources.
Benefits of joining the national
system, include a facilitated means to
work with other MPA managers in the
region, and nationally on issues of
common conservation concern; fostering
greater public and international
recognition of U.S. MPAs and the
resources they protect; priority in the
receipt of available technical and other
support for cross-cutting needs; and
additional opportunities to participate
in and influence federal and regional
ocean conservation and management
initiatives (such as integrated ocean
observing systems, systematic
monitoring and evaluation, targeted
outreach to key user groups, and
helping to identify and address MPA
research needs). In addition, the
national system provides a forum for
coordinated regional planning about
place-based conservation priorities that
does not otherwise exist.
A site must have existing protections
of natural and/or cultural resources in
place in order to be eligible to join the
national system, as well as meet other
criteria described in the Framework.
Joining the national system does not
establish new regulatory authority or
change existing regulations in any way,
require changes affecting the
designation process or management of
member MPAs, or bring state, territorial,
tribal or local sites under federal
authority.
II. Nomination Process
This current round of nominations
began on January 28, 2013 and the
deadline for nominations was March 29,
2013.
There are four entry criteria for
existing MPAs to join the national
system.
1. Meets the definition of an MPA as
defined in the Framework.
2. Has a management plan (can be
site-specific or part of a broader
programmatic management plan; must
have goals and objectives and call for
monitoring or evaluation of those goals
and objectives).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC695
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 meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
Research Set-Aside Committee, its Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish
Committee, its Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee, and its Executive
Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, June 11, 2013 through
Thursday, June 13, 2013. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Double Tree Hilton Tinton
Falls-Eatontown, 700 Hope Road, Eatontown, NJ 07724; telephone: (732)
544-9300.
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:
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
8 a.m. until 11 a.m.--The Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish (MSB)
Committee will meet.
11 a.m. until 3 p.m.--The Surfclam and Ocean Quahog (SC/OQ)
Committee will meet.
3 p.m.--The Council will convene.
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The Council Strategic Plan will be discussed.
5 p.m. until 6 p.m.--The Listening Session will be held.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
9 a.m.--The Council will convene.
9 a.m. until 11 a.m.--The Omnibus Recreational Amendment will be
discussed.
11 a.m. until 12 p.m.--There will be an Update on Atlantic Sturgeon
Biological Opinion.
1 p.m. until 3 p.m.--The Council will discuss MSB Committee actions
and approve annual specifications and related management measures.
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The Council will discuss SC/OQ Committee
actions and approve the Data Collection Protocol document by the FMAT.
Thursday, June 13, 2013
9 a.m. until 10 a.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
10 a.m. until 2 p.m.--The Council will hold its regular Business
Session to approve the December 2012 and April 2013 minutes, receive
Organizational Reports, the New England and South Atlantic Liaison
Reports, the Executive Director's Report, the Science Report; Committee
Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
On Tuesday, June 11--The MSB Committee will review and develop
recommendations for annual MSB specifications and related management
measures, including but limited to: Butterfish Allowable Biological
Catch for 2014, river herring/shad cap for the mackerel fishery, gear
stowage requirements, longfin roll-over and reserve options, longfin
mesh
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requirements, and Longfin possession limits for the Illex fishery;
Illex control date, Amendment 15 update, and the squid port meeting
results. The SC/OQ Committee will review and develop recommendations
for the 2014-2016 specifications and review and advise on the Data
Collection Protocol document prepared by the Fishery Management Action
Team. The Council will review and approve the Draft Strategic Plan.
During the Listening Session John Bullard will give a review of the
NMFS Listening Sessions.
On Wednesday, June 12--The Council will review and approve the
Omnibus Recreational Amendment for submission to NMFS. NERO will
provide an Update on Atlantic Sturgeon Biological Opinion. The Council
will review MSB Committee actions, approve annual specifications and
related management measures (see above list for MSB Committee), approve
Illex control date, and receive an Amendment 15 update. The Council
will review SC/OQ Committee actions, approve 2014-16 specifications for
surfclams and ocean quahogs and approve the Data Collection Protocol
document prepared by the FMAT.
On Thursday, June 13--The Executive Committee will receive an
update on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management document and
discuss wind energy, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the next
steps. The Council will hold its regular Business Session to approve
the December 2012 and April 2013 minutes, receive Organizational
Reports, the New England and South Atlantic Liaison Report, the
Executive Director's Report, Science Report, Committee Reports, and
conduct any continuing and/or new business.
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-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 aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 20, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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