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developing recommendations on the 

following upcoming Council meeting 

actions: 

1. National Fisheries Mandates 

A. Coastal and Marine Spatial 

Planning (CMSP) 

i. Overview of CMSP 

ii. Community CMSP Workshop Plans 

B. Update on Annual Catch Limits 

(ACLs) 

C. Report on ACL and Catch Share 

Workshops 

2. Upcoming Fishery Management 

Actions 

A. Options for Non-Commercial 

Fishery Data Reporting 

B. Hawaiian Archipelago Bottomfish 

EFH and HAPC Review 

C. Status of State Bottomfish 

Regulatory Changes 

D. Options for Limited Entry of 

Offshore Aquaculture 

3. Coral Reef Funded Projects 

A. Kona Crab Stock Assessment 

B. Black Coral Mapping 

C. Deepwater Chorusing Phenomenon 

D. Report on Tournament Sampling 

E. Upcoming Coral Reef Projects 

4. Council and Advisory Panel 

Responsibilities 

A. Council and MSA Overview 

B. Advisory Panel Responsibilities 

5. Review of Previous Day 

Presentations 

A. Review of Action Items 

6. Hawaii Fishery Issues 

A. Fishery Issues Presented by 

Members 

B. MHI Bottomfish Update 

C. Ocean Regulatory Regime Review 

Initiative 

D. Fishery Development 

E. Other Business 

7. Ecosystems and Communities 

A. Report on Hoolei Ia Puwalu 

B. Marine Recreational Information 

Program/National Salt Water Angler 

Registry Update 

C. Community Monitoring Tacklebox 

Schedule and Agenda for Hawaii REAC 

Meeting 

9 a.m.–4 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, 

2011 

The Hawaii REAC will meet to hear 

reports on, discuss and consider 

developing recommendations on the 

following upcoming Council meeting 

actions: 

1. Marine and Coastal Ecosystem 

Policies, Program and Community 

Initiatives 

A. Coastal and Marine Spatial 

Planning 

i. Pacific Islands Regional Office 

ii. Pacific Services Center Activities 

iii. Pacific Ocean Regional 

Partnership 

B. Ocean Regulatory Regime Review 

Initiative 

C. Aha Moku Initiative 

2. Ocean Management Activities 

A. Hawaiian Islands Humpback 

Whale Sanctuary Management Plan 

Review 

B. Hawaiian Archipelago Bottomfish 

Essential Fish Habitat 

C. Protected Species 

i. Endangered Species Act (ESA) 

Incidental Take Permit for Sea Turtles 

and Monk Seals 

ii. Monk Seal—Programmatic 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

iii. Insular False Killer Whale listing 

Under ESA 

iv. Spinner Dolphin Human 

Interaction EIS and Rule-making 

3. Overview of 2011 Ocean 

Legislation 

4. Impacts of the March 2011 Tsunami 

Schedule and Agenda for the Pelagic PT 

Meeting 

8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday, 

April 26–28, 2011 

The Pelagic Plan Team members from 

Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, and 

Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 

Islands (CNMI) will meet to hear reports 

on, discuss and consider developing 

recommendations on the following 

upcoming Council meeting actions: 

1. Annual Report review 

a. Review 2010 Annual Report 

modules and recommendations 

i. CNMI 

ii. American Samoa 

iii. Guam 

iv. Hawaii 

v. International 

vi. Recreational 

b. 2010 Annual report region wide 

recommendations 

2. Summary of current Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan (FEP) amendment 

actions 

3. American Samoa longline fishery 

large circle hooks study 

4. Potential American Samoa 

swordfish fishery 

5. Marine Conservation Biology 

Institute (MCBI)/NMFS seabirds and 

pelagic fish workshop 

6. Pacific Council Highly Migratory 

Species Plan Amendment 2 and lead 

Council designation 

7. Migratory Bird Treaty Act—permit 

implications for pelagic fisheries 

8. Hawaii Troll/charter fishery 

Category I to Cat II listing 

9. Loggerhead status—Implications for 

consultations 

10. Other business 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least five days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oeanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA318 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee on 

April 12–13, 2011 to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, April 12 at 10 a.m. and 

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held at the Hotel 

Providence, 139 Mathewson Street, 

Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 

861–8000; fax: (401) 861–8002. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, April 12, 2011–Wednesday, 

April 13, 2011 

The Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will peer review work 

completed by the Council’s Skate Plan 

Development Team. The review is being 

convened on April 12, 2011 for the 

purpose of providing expert technical 

comments and advice on the following: 

Approve a FSV Bigelow calibration 

method to be used to recommend Skate 


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Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) 

specifications for 2011–2013 and to 

determine status; approve the 

calibration of FSV Bigelow catches to 

FSV Albatross equivalents, rather than 

vice versa and approve the use of a 

consistent set of FSV Bigelow strata to 

adjust biological reference points and 

adjust the catch/biomass medians as a 

basis for setting ABC. 

On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the 

SSC will discuss the Council’s Whiting/ 

Hake Plan Development Team’s 

evaluation of ABC-setting options. 

Specifically it will provide guidance to 

the plan team concerning the 

development of ABC specifications for 

inclusion in Amendment 19 (small 

mesh multispecies component) to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. 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 action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at 978– 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA316 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Social and Economic 

Sub-Committee of the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council’s 

(Council) Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will meet with the 

Council’s Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish (SMB) Advisory Panel (AP). 

DATES: Thursday, April 14 through 

Friday, April 15, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Historic Inns of Annapolis, MD 

21401 telephone: (410) 263–2641. 

Council Address: Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 

State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, PhD, Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to review 

fishery performance and create an AP 

Fishery Performance Report for Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish. On Friday, 

April 15—The Joint Meeting of the 

Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish AP and 

SSC Socio-Economic Sub-Committee 

meeting will be continued. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5251 at least 

five days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 21, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Estuarine Research Reserve 

System 

AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, 

Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of Comment Period for 

Revised Management Plans for the 

following National Estuarine Research 

Reserves: ACE Basin, SC and Old 

Woman Creek, OH. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office 

of Ocean and Coastal Resource 

Management, National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), U.S. 

Department of Commerce is announcing 

a thirty-day comment period for the 

revised management plans and 

boundary amendments of the ACE 

Basin, SC National Estuarine Research 

Reserve and Old Woman Creek, OH 

National Estuarine Research Reserve. 

The revised management plan for the 

ACE Basin, SC National Estuarine 

Research Reserve outlines the 

administrative structure; the education, 

training, stewardship, and research 

programs of the reserve; and the plans 

for future land acquisition and facility 

development to support reserve 

operations. The objectives described in 

this plan address the most critical 

coastal issues in ACE Basin related to 

habitat conservation, water quality, 

community resilience, and public 

access. Since the last approved 

management plan in 1992, the reserve 

has become fully staffed; added a 

Coastal Training Program that delivers 

science-based information to key 

decisionmakers; and added significant 

monitoring of emergent marsh 

vegetation, water quality, and invasive 

species. In addition to programmatic 

and staffing advances, the reserve has 

constructed an interpretive center that 

houses educational exhibits, classrooms, 

offices, conference space, trails and 

dock with public access. A field station 

with lab facilities, research dock, and 

accommodations for visiting researchers 

has also been constructed. 

This management plan amends the 

boundary to include 4,687 acres of the 

Botany Bay Plantation located adjacent 

to the northeastern corner of Edisto 

Island in lower Charleston County, SC. 

The undeveloped coastal habitats of the 

plantation include maritime forest, 

coastal shrub, wetlands, tidal marshes 

and sand beaches. The property 

provides important habitat for 

numerous wildlife species, including 

critical nesting habitat for the Federally 

threatened loggerhead sea turtle and the 

State threatened least tern. The lands 

contain significant cultural resources 

and list several sites on the National 

Register of Historic Places. This 

management plan amends the boundary 

by also removing 40,089 acres of private 

lands previously counted in error. In 

total, the ACE Basin Reserve includes 

99,308 acres designated for long term 

research, education and stewardship. 

This plan can be accessed for review at 

http://www.dnr.sc.gov/marine/NERR/ 

index.html. 

The revised management plan for the 

Old Woman Creek, OH National 


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