[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 48125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19345]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD421


Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Meeting of the Atlantic Highly 
Migratory Species Advisory Panel

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and webinar/conference call.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a 2-day Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 
Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in September 2014. The intent of the 
meeting is to consider options for the conservation and management of 
Atlantic HMS. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The AP meeting and webinar will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. on Wednesday, September 10; and from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 
Thursday, September 11, 2014.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 
8120 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814. The meeting presentations 
will also be available via WebEx webinar/conference call. On Wednesday, 
September 10, 2014 the conference call information is phone number 1-
877-512-3581;
    Participant Code: 888454; and the webinar event address is: https://noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/onstage/g.php?d=996362177&t=a; event 
password; NOAA.
    On Thursday, September 11, 2014 the conference call information is 
phone number 1-877-512-3581; Participant Code: 888454; and the webinar 
event address is: https://noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/onstage/g.php?d=995881214&t=a ; event password: NOAA.
    Participants are strongly encouraged to log/dial in fifteen minutes 
prior to the meeting. NMFS will show the presentations via webinar and 
allow public comment during identified times on the agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenni Wallace or Margo Schulze-Haugen 
at (301) 427-8503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as amended by the 
Sustainable Fisheries Act, Public Law 104-297, provided for the 
establishment of an AP to assist in the collection and evaluation of 
information relevant to the development of any Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) or FMP amendment for Atlantic HMS. NMFS consults with and 
considers the comments and views of AP members when preparing and 
implementing FMPs or FMP amendments for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, 
billfish, and sharks.
    The AP has previously consulted with NMFS on: Amendment 1 to the 
Billfish FMP (April 1999); the HMS FMP (April 1999); Amendment 1 to the 
HMS FMP (December 2003); the Consolidated HMS FMP (October 2006); 
Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, and 8 to the Consolidated HMS FMP 
(April and October 2008, February and September 2009, May and September 
2010, April and September 2011, March and September 2012, January and 
September 2013, and April 2014); among other things.
    The intent of this meeting is to consider alternatives for the 
conservation and management of all Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, 
and shark fisheries. We anticipate discussing comments on the Predraft 
for Amendment 6 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP) on the future of the shark fishery, providing updates on 
Amendment 5b on dusky shark management, discussing the proposed rule 
for Amendment 9 on smoothhound shark management, and reviewing the 
Final Environmental Impact Statement for Final Amendment 7 on bluefin 
tuna management measures. The meeting will also include progress 
updates on the National Recreational Policy, implementation of 2013 
ICCAT recommendations, the Atlantic HMS Management-Based Research 
Priorities document, the HMS compendium/management history, and 
electronic monitoring and electronic reporting opportunities for 
Atlantic HMS fisheries.
    Additional information on the meeting and a copy of the draft 
agenda will be posted prior to the meeting at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/advisory_panels/hms_ap/meetings/ap_meetings.html.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Jenni Wallace at (301) 427-8503 at least 7 days 
prior to the meeting.

    Dated: August 11, 2014
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-19345 Filed 8-14-14; 8:45 am]
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