[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 136 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 40482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11271]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 070306B]


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 second 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 full 
Committee sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meetings will be held July 25, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 
and July 27, 2006, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Courtyard Marriott Seattle 
Downtown/Lake Union, 925 Westlake Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109, 
(206) 213-0100.
    Requests for special accommodations may be directed to MAFAC, 
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

July 25, 2006

    The meeting will begin with opening remarks and introductions from 
Dr. William T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries and 
representatives of the Northwest Regional Office and Fisheries Science 
Center. The Committee will receive a review of the inaugural 
Sustainable Fisheries Leadership Awards held in June 2006, which the 
Committee helped to establish, and receive a presentation and request 
for input on a long term seafood information and outreach product the 
agency intends to launch on the internet within the next year. Next, 
the committee will receive an update on offshore aquaculture 
legislation, receive a presentation of aquaculture research occurring 
within the region, and discuss the overall direction and future of 
domestic and global aquaculture.
    The afternoon will include discussing the scope, focus and strategy 
for producing a public document intended to outline the roadmap of 
issues to be addressed in fisheries in the next 20 years.

July 26, 2006

    No full Committee meeting will take place. Subcommittees will meet 
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The full Committee will then visit a regional 
research facility in Manchester, WA.

July 27, 2006

    The Subcommittees will meet from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The full 
committee will reconvene from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. to receive, discuss, and 
take final actions and votes.

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: July 11, 2006.
William T. Hogarth,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. E6-11271 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]
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