[Federal Register: July 18, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 139)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XJ12
Mid-Atlantic 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its
Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee; its Research Set-Aside (RSA)
Committee; its Bycatch/Limited Access Privilege Program (LAPP)
Committee; and, its Protected Resources Committee will hold public
meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, August 4, 2008 through
Thursday, August 7, 2008. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
meeting dates and times.
ADDRESSES: Renaissance Philadelphia Hotel, 500 Stevens Drive,
Philadelphia, PA 19113; telephone: (610) 521-5900.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New St., Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331 ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, August 4, 2008
8 a.m. until noon - The Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee will
meet.
1 p.m. until 4 p.m. - The Research Set-Aside Committee will meet in
closed session with officials from NMFS.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m. - The Bycatch/LAPP Committee will meet.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. - The Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee
will meet.
10 a.m. until noon - The Council will convene and receive
presentations by NMFS officials regarding the Proposed Rule to modify
National Standard 1 Guidelines and the outcome of the 47th Stock
Assessment Review.
1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. - The Council will consider approving
Amendment 10 to the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP for Secretarial
submission.
2:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. - The Council will convene jointly with
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. - The Council will convene jointly with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
8 a.m. until 9 a.m. - The Protected Resources Committee will meet.
9 a.m. - The Council will convene to discuss Framework 2 to the
Dogfish FMP; receive Committee reports; receive an update from NMFS
officials on the Status of the Marine Recreational Information Program
(MRIP); and, conduct any continuing or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
Monday, August 4 - the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee
will review public comments and develop preferred alternatives for
Council consideration and action regarding submission of Amendment 10
for Secretarial action. The Bycatch/LAPP Committee will receive an
update on the status of the draft of the bycatch pamphlet for catch and
release practices, and address prioritizing bycatch information needs.
Tuesday, August 5 - The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee
will meet to review and consider qualifying criteria to be used in the
mackerel limited entry system that is being addressed in Amendment 11.
The Council will convene for a presentation by NMFS officials regarding
the proposed rule to modify National Standard 1 guidelines for Annual
Catch Limits (ACL) and Accountability Measures (AM). The Council will
receive a report on the results of the 47th Stock Assessment Review
including opinions of members of the Center for Independent Expertise's
(CIE) regarding the SAW reports on summer flounder that served as the
basis for the 47th Stock Assessment Review. The Council will vote to
approve (or not) Amendment 10 to the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish
FMP for Secretarial submission. The Council will then meet jointly with
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards to review the Scientific and
Statistical Committee's and the Scup Monitoring Committee's
recommendations regarding proposed scup harvest levels and commercial
management measures for the 2009 fishing year, and then adopt its
recommendations for the harvest levels and commercial management
measures for the 2009 scup fishery.
Wednesday, August 6 - the Council will convene and meet jointly
with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder,
Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Boards to review the Scientific and
Statistical Committee's and the Summer Flounder, Black Sea Bass, and
Bluefish Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding the summer
flounder, black sea bass, and bluefish proposed harvest levels and
commercial management measures for the 2009 fishing year, and then
adopt its recommendations for the summer flounder, scup, black sea
bass, and bluefish harvest levels and commercial management measures
for these fisheries in 2009.
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Thursday, August 7 - the Protected Resources Committee will review
NMFS' proposed list of fisheries (LOF) and develop comments for Council
consideration and action. The Council will convene to review and
discuss proposed measures (adjustment mechanism for stock status
determination criteria) for Framework 2 to the Dogfish FMP; report on
regular business; receive an update on the status of NMFS' MRIP;
receive Committee Reports; and, consider and address any continuing or
new business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before the Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during these meetings. Council 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 Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action
to address such emergencies.
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 Bryan, (302) 674-2331 ext
18, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: July 15, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-16436 Filed 7-17-08; 8:45 am]
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