[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56109-56110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-15692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091906A]


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 
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee; its Protected Resources Committee; 
its Law Enforcement Committee; and, its Executive Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES:  The meetings will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2006 through 
Thursday, October 12, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for a meeting 
agenda.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at The Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 
North Virginia Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949; telephone: (252) 261-
1290.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, 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, 
extension 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

    1 p.m. until 3 p.m.-The Research Set-Aside Committee will meet to 
review, discuss and establish RSA priorities for 2008, receive an 
update from NMFS on program administrative changes, discuss status of 
projects and additional project requirements.
    3 p.m. until 4 p.m.-The Protected Resources Committee will meet to 
address issues regarding Atlantic Trawl Fisheries Take Reduction Team 
initiatives and potential impacts on Council managed species.
    4 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.-The Law Enforcement Committee will meet to 
review Fishery Achievement Award (FAA) nominations and recommend 
recipients for recognition.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

    8:30 a.m.-The Council will convene for the swearing-in of new and 
reappointed Council members, and the elections of a Chairman and Vice 
Chairman for the Council. Following the elections, the Council will 
receive a presentation by New England Council staff regarding its 
Marine Protected Areas (MPA), Habitat Areas of Particular Concern 
(HAPC), Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) activities and their potential 
impacts on Mid-Atlantic Council constituents and jurisdiction.
    10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.-The Council will review alternatives for 
Framework 1 to the Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 
regarding adoption of Vessel Monitoring Systems (VMS) and electronic 
reporting by clam industry.
    12:30 p.m. until 3 p.m.-The Council will approve its August 2006 
Council meeting minutes, review actions from the August Council 
meeting, and receive various reports provided to the Council during its 
regular business session.
    3 p.m.-The Council will review and adopt the public hearing 
document for Amendment 14 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass FMP regarding scup rebuilding.

Thursday, October 12, 2006

    8 a.m. until 9 a.m.-The Executive Committee will meet to review the 
2007 Annual Work Plan.
    9 a.m.-The Council will convene to review Amendment 15 to the 
Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass FMP and refine the list of 
potential actions to be included in this Amendment.
    1 p.m. until 5 p.m.-The Council will receive a presentation from 
the Northeast Fisheries Science Center on the state of the Atlantic 
marine environment and fish growth rates of various Council stocks, 
review and approve the public hearing document for the Omnibus 
Amendment to Council's FMPs regarding Standardized Bycatch Reporting 
Methodology (SBRM), and address any continuing or new business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council and its Committees for discussion, these issues may 
not be the subject of formal Council or Committee action during this 
meeting. Council and Committee 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 actions to address such 
emergencies.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language

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interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan 
Saunders at (302) 674-2331 extension 18 at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: September 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-15692 Filed 9-25-06; 8:45 am]
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