[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53782-53783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-26792]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101601B]


Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Team Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Take Reduction Team for Western North Atlantic coastal 
bottlenose dolphins (BDTRT) will hold its first meeting to develop a 
take reduction plan as described in the Marine Mammal Protection Act 
(MMPA). Input will be sought from the BDTRT on a peer review process 
for all data related to stock structure, abundance, and human-caused 
mortality and serious injury rates. The BDTRT will focus on reducing 
bycatch in the following fisheries: Mid-Atlantic coastal gillnet, North 
Carolina inshore gillnet, Southeast Atlantic gillnet, Southeastern U.S. 
Atlantic shark gillnet, Atlantic blue crab trap/pot, Mid-Atlantic haul/
beach seine, North Carolina long haul seine, North Carolina roe mullet 
stop net, and Virginia pound net.

DATES: The meeting will be held on November 6, 2001, starting at 9 
a.m., and continue on November 7 and 8, starting at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The BDTRT meeting will be held at the Sheraton Oceanfront 
Hotel, located oceanfront at 36th Street in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 
Phone: 757-425-9000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Wang, Southeast Region, 727- 
570- 5312, or Emily Hanson, Office of Protected Resources, 301- 713- 
2322, x101.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invitation letters mailed to BDTRT 
participants on August 27, 2001, and a Federal Register otice published 
on August 31, 2001 (66 FR 45968), announced that the BDTRT would be 
convened on September 12 and 13, 2001. However, the terrorist events of 
September 11, 2001, caused NMFS to cancel the September meeting. NMFS 
has rescheduled the first BDTRT meeting for November 6- 8, 2001, in 
Virginia Beach, Virginia.
    NMFS has asked the following individuals to be members of the 
BDTRT: Mike Baker, Florida Gillnet Representative; Dave Beresoff, North 
Carolina Gillnet and Crab Pot Representative; Tina Berger, Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission; Paul Biermann, North Carolina 
Gillnet Representative; Gordon Colvin, New York Department of 
Environmental Conservation; David Cupka, South Carolina Wildlife and 
Marine Resources; Joseph DeAlteris, University of Rhode Island, 
Fisheries Center; Martin Dunson, Florida Crab Pot Representative; Lewis 
Gillingham, Virginia Marine Resources Commission; Michael Greco, 
Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife; Doug Guthrie, North Carolina 
Stop Net Representative; Bruce Halgren, New Jersey Division of Fish and 
Wildlife; Emily Hanson, NMFS Office of Protected Resources; Chris 
Hickman, Long Haul Seine Fishery Representative; Fulton Love, Georgia 
Shad Gillnet Representative; Richard Luedtke, New Jersey Gillnet 
Representative; Rick Marks, New Jersey Gillnet and Haul Seine 
Representative; Dave Martin, Maryland Gillnet Representative; Bill 
McLellan, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Ken Moran, South 
Carolina Shad Gillnet Representative; Fentress Munden, North Carolina 
Division of Marine Fisheries; Robert Munson, New Jersey Gillnet, Crab 
Pot and Pound Net Representative; Margaret Murphy, South Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council; Peter Nixon, Virginia Gillnet, Beach Seine, 
Crab Pot, and Pound Net Representative; William Outten, Maryland 
Department of Natural Resources; Mike Peele, North Carolina Beach 
Seine, Pound Net, and Gillnet Representative; Carl Poppell, Georgia 
Crab Pot Representative; Tim Ragen, Marine Mammal Commission; Andy 
Read, Duke University Marine Laboratory; John Reynolds III, Marine 
Mammal Commission; Sentiel Rommel, Florida Fish and Wildlife 
Conservation Commission; Jerry Schill, North Carolina commercial 
fisheries representative; Richard Seagraves, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Larry Simns, Maryland Crab Pot Representative; Mark 
Swingle, Virginia Marine Science Museum; Leonard Voss, Delaware Gillnet 
and Crab Pot Representative; Chris Walker, Virginia Gillnet 
Representative; Kathy Wang, NMFS Southeast Regional Office; Rob West, 
North Carolina Gillnet, Pound Net, and Crab Pot Representative; A.D.

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Willis, North Carolina Recreational Crab Pot and Gillnet 
Representative; David Woolman, South Carolina Crab Pot Representative; 
Nina Young, The Ocean Conservancy; Sharon Young, The Humane Society of 
the United States; Chris Zeman, American Oceans Campaign; Barb Zoodsma, 
Georgia Coastal Resources, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The 
BDTRT will be facilitated by Hans Neuhauser and Jim Feldt, Georgia 
Environmental Policy Institute.
    Meetings are open to the public.

    Dated: October 18, 2001.
Wanda L. Cain,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-26792 Filed 10-23-01; 8:45 am]
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