[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33244-33245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14082]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XW89


Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Public Meetings

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

ACTION:  Notice of open public meeting.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Marine Fisheries 
Advisory Committee (MAFAC). This will be the second meeting to be held 
in the calendar year 2010. Agenda topics are provided under the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. All full Committee 
sessions will be open to the public.

DATES: The meeting will be held June 29 July 1, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Prospector Hotel, 375 
Whittier Street in Juneau, AK 99801; 907-586-3737.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive 
Director; (301) 713-2239 x-120; e-mail: [email protected].

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 a meeting 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. 
The complete charter and summaries of prior meetings are located online 
at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/.

Matters To Be Considered

    This agenda is subject to change.
    The meeting is convened to hear presentations and discuss policies 
and guidance on the following topics: status of the Deepwater Horizon 
oil spill and NOAA actions including scientific activities, ensuring 
seafood safety, assessing ecological and economic impacts, declaration 
of Federal fishery disasters, and conducting natural resource damage 
assessments; Office of Protected Resources programs and regulatory 
responsibilities; development of the draft aquaculture policy; 
recreational fisheries engagement; and NOAA strategic planning. Updates 
will be presented on NOAA budgets, catch share policy, enforcement 
activities, and the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. The meeting 
will include discussion of various MAFAC administrative and 
organizational matters and meetings of the standing subcommittees.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive 
Director; (301) 713-2239 x120 by 5 p.m. on June 16, 2010.

    Dated: June 7, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-14082 Filed 6-10-10; 8:45 am]
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