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1. A May 2013 discussion paper on
increasing the use caps for sablefish ‘‘A’’
(freezer vessel) QS and identify other
approaches to maximize use of all
sablefish IFQs;
2. Two proposals previously
submitted to the Council to revise
Federal regulations to
a. Calculate maximum retainable
allowances at the time of offload rather
than during a fishing trip, as currently
required and
b. Increase the halibut and sablefish
IFQ vessel caps, as the amount of IFQs
each vessel may harvest has declined
over time under lower catch limits; and
3. An Observer Committee proposal to
allow ‘‘clean up’’ of IFQ trips across
IPHC Area 4 subareas. Committee
recommendations will be provided for
Council review during its December
2013 meeting. Information for the
meeting is posted at https://
www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/.
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 Gail
Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council), its
Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Committee, and its Executive
Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held
Monday, December 9, 2013 through
Thursday, December 12, 2013. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at
the Westin Annapolis, 100 Westgate
Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401,
telephone: (410) 972–4300.
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:
SUMMARY:
Monday, December 9, 2013
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.—The HMS
Committee will meet.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.—The Executive
Committee will meet in a CLOSED
SESSION.
9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.—The
Executive Committee will meet.
1 p.m.—The Council will convene.
1 p.m. until 1:10 p.m.—A photo of the
Council will be taken.
1:10 p.m. until 2 p.m.—Framework 9
to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
(MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
will be discussed.
2 p.m. until 3 p.m.—There will be a
River Herring and Shad Approach
discussion.
3 p.m. until 4 p.m.—A Data Portal
Presentation will occur.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m.—A Surfclam
Presentation will occur.
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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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.
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.—The Council will
finalize summer flounder, scup, and
black sea bass recreational management
measures for 2014 in conjunction with
the ASMFC’s Summer Flounder, Scup,
and Black Sea Bass Board.
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Thursday, December 12, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.—Spiny Dogfish
Trip Limits will be discussed.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.—A
Stakeholder Survey on Ecosystem-based
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Fisheries Management Presentation will
occur.
10 a.m. until 1 p.m.—The Council
will hold its regular Business Session to
receive Organizational Reports, the
South Atlantic and the New England
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 Monday, December 9—The HMS
Committee will develop Council
comments on Draft Amendment 7
(bluefin tuna management measures) for
submission to NMFS.
On Tuesday, December 10—The
Executive Committee will meet in a
closed session to review the
recommendations for the Ricks E Savage
Award. The Executive Committee will
meet to review the Draft Implementation
Plan and public comments, and approve
the 2014 Implementation Plan for
Council consideration.
The Council will convene at 1 p.m.
There will be a Council photo session.
The Council will discuss Framework 9
to the MSB FMP to review and approve
options to address unobserved slippage
on observed trips. The Council will
review and adopt plan to move forward
with the river herring and shad strategy
implementing the motion made at the
October 2013 meeting. The Council will
receive a Data Portal Presentation to
review project goals, methods and
illustrative draft maps of Mid-Atlantic
fishing activity summarized by port and
gear groups and provide advice to
project team on best approaches and
opportunities for engaging fishermen to
review, discuss and improve project
data and maps. The Council will receive
a report of the National Science
Foundation Coupled Natural and
Human Systems Surfclam Study:
Climate change and responses in a
coupled marine system and an update
on the Science Center for Marine
Fisheries (SceMFiS).
On Wednesday, December 11—The
Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Board will review the
associated Monitoring Committee’s and
Advisory Panel’s specification
recommendations for 2014 and adopt
2014 recreational management measures
for summer flounder, scup, and black
sea bass.
On Thursday, December 12—The
Council will review options for spiny
dogfish trip limits in federal waters for
the 2014–15 fishing years. The Council
will receive a presentation on the
Stakeholder Survey on Ecosystem-based
Fisheries Management. The Council will
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hold its regular Business Session to
receive Organizational Reports to
include an update on forms and process
for data collection for the surfclam and
ocean quahog fisheries, South Atlantic
and New England Liaison Reports, the
Executive Director’s Report, Science
Report, Committee Reports, and conduct
any continuing and/or new business.
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, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council Charter Management
Implementation Committee.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) Charter
Implementation Committee will meet in
Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
December 9, 2013, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Council office, 605 W. 4th Avenue,
Room 205, Anchorage, AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK
99501–2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane
DiCosimo, Council staff, telephone:
(907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
agenda is to identify a preferred
management measure(s), from the
following committee recommendations.
For Regulatory Area 2C: (1) Annual
limit combined with maximum size
limit; (2) Annual limit combined with
reverse slot limit; (3) Bag limit of one
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fish with a maximum size limit; and (4)
Status quo management of one fish less
than 45 inches or greater than 68 inches.
For Regulatory Area 3A: (1) Status quo
management of a bag limit of two fish,
with no size limit; (2) Bag limit of two
fish, with a maximum size limit on
second fish; (3) Annual limit, with bag
limit of two fish; and (4) Prohibit
retention of skipper/crew harvest.
Committee recommendations will be
incorporated into an analysis for
Council review in December 2013. The
Council will recommend a preferred
measure(s) for each area for
consideration by the International
Pacific Halibut Commission for
implementation in 2014.
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 Gail
Bendixen at (907) 271–2809 at least 7
working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: November 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species;
Atlantic Shark Management Measures;
2014 Research Fishery
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for
applications.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces its request
for applications for the 2014 shark
research fishery from commercial shark
fishermen with directed or incidental
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shark limited access permits. The shark
research fishery allows for the collection
of fishery-dependent and biological data
for future stock assessments to meet
NMFS’s shark research objectives. The
only commercial vessels authorized to
land sandbar sharks are those
participating in the shark research
fishery. Shark research fishery
permittees may also land other large
coastal sharks (LCS), small coastal
sharks (SCS), and pelagic sharks.
Commercial shark fishermen who are
interested in participating in the shark
research fishery need to submit a
completed Shark Research Fishery
Permit Application in order to be
considered.
DATES: Shark Research Fishery
Applications must be received no later
than 5 p.m., local time, on December 23,
2013.
ADDRESSES: Please submit completed
applications to the Highly Migratory
Species (HMS) Management Division at:
• Mail: Attn: Delisse Ortiz, HMS
Management Division (F/SF1), NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910.
• Fax: (301) 713–1917.
For copies of the Shark Research
Fishery Permit Application, please write
to the HMS Management Division at the
address listed above, call (301) 427–
8503 (phone), or fax a request to (301)
713–1917. Copies of the Shark Research
Fishery Application are also available at
the HMS Web site at https://
www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/index.htm.
Additionally, please be advised that
your application may be released under
the Freedom of Information Act.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karyl Brewster-Geisz or Delisse Ortiz, at
(301) 427–8503 (phone) or (301) 713–
1917 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Atlantic shark fisheries are managed
under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens
Act). The 2006 Consolidated HMS
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) is
implemented by regulations at 50 CFR
part 635.
The final rule for Amendment 2 to the
Consolidated HMS FMP (Amendment 2)
(73 FR 35778, June 24, 2008, corrected
at 73 FR 40658, July 15, 2008)
established, among other things, a shark
research fishery to maintain time series
data for stock assessments and to meet
NMFS’ research objectives. Since the
shark research fishery was established
in 2008, the research fishery has
allowed for: the collection of fishery
dependent data for current and future
stock assessments; the operation of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC996
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), its
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Committee, and its Executive Committee
will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, December 9, 2013 through
Thursday, December 12, 2013. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Westin Annapolis, 100
Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, telephone: (410) 972-4300.
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:
Monday, December 9, 2013
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The HMS Committee will meet.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Executive Committee will meet in a
CLOSED SESSION.
9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
1 p.m.--The Council will convene.
1 p.m. until 1:10 p.m.--A photo of the Council will be taken.
1:10 p.m. until 2 p.m.--Framework 9 to the Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish (MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will be discussed.
2 p.m. until 3 p.m.--There will be a River Herring and Shad
Approach discussion.
3 p.m. until 4 p.m.--A Data Portal Presentation will occur.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m.--A Surfclam Presentation will occur.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
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.
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.--The Council will finalize summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass recreational management measures for 2014 in
conjunction with the ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Board.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--Spiny Dogfish Trip Limits will be
discussed.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.--A Stakeholder Survey on Ecosystem-based
Fisheries Management Presentation will occur.
10 a.m. until 1 p.m.--The Council will hold its regular Business
Session to receive Organizational Reports, the South Atlantic and the
New England 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 Monday, December 9--The HMS Committee will develop Council
comments on Draft Amendment 7 (bluefin tuna management measures) for
submission to NMFS.
On Tuesday, December 10--The Executive Committee will meet in a
closed session to review the recommendations for the Ricks E Savage
Award. The Executive Committee will meet to review the Draft
Implementation Plan and public comments, and approve the 2014
Implementation Plan for Council consideration.
The Council will convene at 1 p.m. There will be a Council photo
session. The Council will discuss Framework 9 to the MSB FMP to review
and approve options to address unobserved slippage on observed trips.
The Council will review and adopt plan to move forward with the river
herring and shad strategy implementing the motion made at the October
2013 meeting. The Council will receive a Data Portal Presentation to
review project goals, methods and illustrative draft maps of Mid-
Atlantic fishing activity summarized by port and gear groups and
provide advice to project team on best approaches and opportunities for
engaging fishermen to review, discuss and improve project data and
maps. The Council will receive a report of the National Science
Foundation Coupled Natural and Human Systems Surfclam Study: Climate
change and responses in a coupled marine system and an update on the
Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SceMFiS).
On Wednesday, December 11--The Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board will review the
associated Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification
recommendations for 2014 and adopt 2014 recreational management
measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
On Thursday, December 12--The Council will review options for spiny
dogfish trip limits in federal waters for the 2014-15 fishing years.
The Council will receive a presentation on the Stakeholder Survey on
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management. The Council will
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hold its regular Business Session to receive Organizational Reports to
include an update on forms and process for data collection for the
surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries, South Atlantic and New England
Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report, Science Report,
Committee Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or new business.
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, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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