[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5249-5250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1336]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012506B]


Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of open public meetings.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of meetings of the Marine Fisheries 
Advisory Committee (MAFAC). This will be the first of two meetings held 
in fiscal year 2006 to review and advise NOAA on management policies 
for living marine resources. Agenda topics are provided under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. All sessions will be 
open to the public.

DATES: The meetings will be held February 14-15, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 5 
p.m. and February 16, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the International Game Fish 
Association, 300 Gulf Stream Way, Dania Beach, FL 33004.
    Requests for special accommodations may be directed to MAFAC, 
Office of Constituent Services, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 
East-West Highway 9508, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel Bryant, MAFAC Executive 
Director; telephone: (301) 713-2379 x171.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 10(a)(2) of the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given 
of meetings of MAFAC. MAFAC was established by the Secretary of 
Commerce (Secretary) on February 17, 1971, to advise the Secretary on 
all living marine resource matters that are the responsibility of the 
Department of Commerce. This committee advises and reviews the adequacy 
of living marine resource policies and programs to meet the needs of 
commercial and recreational fisheries, and environmental, state, 
consumer, academic, tribal, governmental and other national interests.

Matters to be Considered

February 14, 2006

    The meeting will begin with remarks from Roy Crabtree, Southeast 
Regional Administrator for NMFS, and William T. Hogarth, Assistant 
Administrator for Fisheries. Next, the committee will receive an update 
on offshore aquaculture. There will also be a discussion of NMFS' role 
in seafood health and safety issues. The afternoon will include updates 
on international affairs and hurricane impacts and recovery in the Gulf 
of Mexico.

February 15, 2006

    In the morning, the committee will be given an update on the status 
of litigation and briefed on Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act reauthorization. There will also be a discussion of 
overfishing. In the afternoon, the committee will discuss recreational 
fishing issues. Discussions on recreational fishing and seafood health 
may continue in two separate breakout groups.

February 16, 2006

    The committee will reconvene to receive and discuss any breakout 
group reports. The rest of the morning will be devoted to 
administrative issues, such as the assignment of new members to 
subcommittees, determining the dates and locations of future meetings, 
and identifying follow-up assignments.

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Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Laurel Bryant, MAFAC Executive 
Director; telephone: (301) 713-2379 x171.

    Dated: January 27, 2006.
Gordon J. Helm,
Acting Director, Office of Constituent Services, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-1336 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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