[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60732-60733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XZ30


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 October 19-21, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to 
5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Maryland Inn, Historic Inns 
of Annapolis, 16 Church Circle in Annapolis, MD 21401; 410-263-2641.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive

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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: NOAA's compliance assistance 
program; marine habitat assessments, including the new Habitat 
Assessment and Improvement Plan, essential fish habitat, and critical 
habitat for endangered species; recreational fisheries engagement; and 
NOAA strategic planning. Updates will be presented on the science 
enterprise, monitoring, and Natural Resource Damage Assessment 
activities related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, NOAA budgets, 
catch share policy, the National Ocean Policy, and coastal and marine 
spatial planning. 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 October 6, 2010.

    Dated: September 27, 2010.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-24690 Filed 9-30-10; 8:45 am]
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