[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27990-27991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11895]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XW49
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic
andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its
Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and Tilefish Committee, its Research Set-Aside
Committee (RSA), its Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish (SMB) Committee,
its Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee, and its Executive
Committeewill hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, June 8, 2010 through
Thursday, June 10, 2010. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Radisson Martinique on
Broadway, 49 West 32nd Street, New York, New York 10001; telephone:
(212) 736-3800.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331,
ext. 255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. - The Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, and Tilefish
Committee will meet with its Advisors.
11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. - The RSA Committee will meet.
2 p.m. until 5 p.m. - The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee
will meet with its Advisors.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. - the Ecosystems and Ocean Planning
Committee will meet.
9:30 a.m. - The Council will convene at 9:30 a.m.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. - The Council will receive a presentation
regarding the outcome of the recent Transboundary Resource Assessment
Committee's (TRAC) review of the status of Atlantic mackerel.
10 a.m. until 12 noon - The Council Business Session will meet.
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1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. - Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specification
setting will be held for 2011-13.
3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. - Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish
specification setting will be held for 2011.
4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. - The Executive Committee will meet.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
8:30 a.m. - The Council will convene.
8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. - The Council will review public comments
and discuss the Omnibus ACL/AM Amendment (Annual Catch Limits /
Accountability Measures).
11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. - The Council will then receive Committee
Reports and address any continuing and new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
On Tuesday, June 8 - the Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and Tilefish
Committee with Advisors will review the SSC and staff recommendations
and advice for 2011-13 quota specifications and associated management
measure for surfclams and ocean quahogs; develop 2011-13 quota
specifications and associated management measures for Council
consideration and action; and receive a presentation on Climate Change
and Responses in a Coupled Marine System; the Mid-Atlantic surfclam
(MASC) model is being developed as part of a multi-disciplinary study
looking at adaptation to climate change in a human-natural coupled
system. The RSA Committee will review the Mid-Atlantic RSA program
performance and develop a mission statement to emphasize ways to
improve program coordination with other cooperative research efforts.
The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee with Advisors will review
the SSC and Monitoring Committee's recommendations and SSC advice for
2011 quota levels and associated management measures; develop 2011
quota specifications and associated management measures for Council
consideration and action; address Amendment 11's outstanding issue: cap
capacity via a mackerel limited entry system; and, ratify earlier
approved purposes / actions included in Amendment 11.
On Wednesday, June 9 - the Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee
will receive an annual presentation regarding NMFS NERO's habitat
initiatives and programs. The Council will convene to receive a
presentation on the outcome of the recent TRAC Assessment of Atlantic
mackerel, conduct its Business Session, receive Organizational and
Council Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report and receive an
update on the status of Council FMPs. The Council will review the
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee's recommendations for 2011-13 quota
specifications and associated management measures, and develop and
adopt 2011-13 quota specifications and associated management measures
for surfclams and ocean quahogs. The Council will review the SMB
Committee's recommendations for 2011 quota specifications and
associated management measures, and develop and adopt 2011 quota
specifications and associated management measures for Atlantic
mackerel, squids, and butterfish. The Executive Committee will review
highlights of the May Northeast Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC)
meeting; review highlights of the May Council Coordination Committee
(CCC) meeting; discuss the framework and the process to move forward
with the ``Visioning'' project suggested at the end of the Council's
March Catch Share Workshop; review and discuss Advisory Panel input in
the specification setting process; and, discuss the status of the
proposed surfclam excessive share analysis.
On Thursday, June 10 - the Council will convene to review Public
Hearing oral comments and written comments on the Omnibus ACL / AM
Amendment; review the Tilefish trip analysis; address SMB Amendment 11
allocation action and implications for ACLs / AMs; address the means to
make future modifications to the ACL / AM Amendment; discuss the
integration of the ACL / AM Amendment with Atlantic State Marine
Fisheries Commission regarding annual specification setting processes;
and, discuss the mechanics of how the August specification setting
process will be actualized. Following this action, the Council will
receive Committee Reports and discuss any continuing and new business.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these
meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified 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 the emergency.
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 Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 13, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-11895 Filed 5-18-10; 8:45 am]
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