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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

amendment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

James T. Harvey, Ph.D., Moss Landing 

Marine Laboratories, 8272 Moss 

Landing Road, Moss Landing, CA 

95039, has been issued a major 

amendment to Permit No. 555–1870–00. 

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following offices: 

Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone 

(301)713–2289; fax (301)713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562)980–4001; 

fax (562)980–4018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 8, 2009, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (74 FR 64686) 

that a request for an amendment to 

Permit No. 555–1870–00 to conduct 

research on harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) 

had been submitted by the above-named 

applicant. One project in the requested 

permit amendment (increasing the 

number of animals taken in the wild) 

has been issued and another project in 

the requested amendment (temporary 

captivity of wild seals) has been denied 

under the authority of the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and 

the regulations governing the taking and 

importing of marine mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

The permit amendment (Permit No. 

555–1870–01) authorizes an increase in 

the number of harbor seal pups taken 

annually in California by capture, 

sedation, tagging, and sampling from 40 

seals (20 males and 20 females) to 70 

seals (35 males and 35 females). The 

request to bring up to six seals into 

temporary captivity for a pilot study to 

assess the efficacy of a modified 

sedation protocol for the surgical 

implantation of subcutaneous tag 

implants was denied. The facility 

proposed did not meet minimum 

standards for space as required by 

Animal Welfare Act regulations for the 

humane handling, care and treatment of 

marine mammals. Therefore, the 

applicant could not demonstrate that 

the activity proposed was humane and 

did not present any unnecessary risks to 

the health and welfare of the marine 

mammals (50 CFR 216.34(1)(a)). 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), a final 

determination has been made that the 

activity proposed is categorically 

excluded from the requirement to 

prepare an environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: February 24, 2010. 

Tammy C. Adams, 

Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and 

Education Division, Office of Protected 

Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5144 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XV01 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of 

Wreckfish Shareholders for the South 

Atlantic region to discuss draft 

Amendment 20 to the Snapper Grouper 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) which 

considers changes to the Wreckfish 

Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of Wreckfish Shareholders for 

the South Atlantic region. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

March 29–30, 2010. The meeting will be 

held from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. on March 

29, 2010 and 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on 

March 30, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the office of the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405; telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll 

free (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520. Persons interested in listening to 

the discussions may call (877) 774– 

6707, PIN ι 294. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, North Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free: 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is being convened to gather 

input from Wreckfish Shareholders on 

changes the Council is considering for 

the current ITQ program in Amendment 

20 to the Snapper Grouper FMP. Some 

of the changes considered include 

implementing a cost recovery program, 

re-issuing unused quota, and 

implementing an Annual Catch Limit 

(ACL) for the wreckfish stock. 

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 this meeting. 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 auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meetings. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: March 5, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5088 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XV00 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

convene a meeting of the Ad Hoc Data 

Collection Advisory Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will convene at 1 

p.m. on Monday, March 29, 2010 and 

conclude by 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 

March 30, 2010. 


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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council, 2203 North Lois Avenue, Suite 

1100, Tampa, FL 33607; telephone: 

(813) 348–1630. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 2203 N. 

Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 

33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

John Froeschke, Fishery Biologist; Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630 x235. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ad 

Hoc Data Collection Advisory Panel will 

meet to discuss the development of 

general criteria for electronic reporting 

systems to improve accuracy and 

timeliness of data collected in Gulf of 

Mexico fisheries. On the first day of the 

meeting, the Ad Hoc Data Collection 

Advisory Panel will review electronic 

reporting systems, potential 

management benefits, consider 

challenges to implementation, and other 

requirements for the development of 

electronic reporting systems. The 

Advisory Panel will also discuss quality 

standards for self reported data with a 

review of existing Atlantic Coastal 

Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) 

and Marine Recreational Information 

Program (MRIP) data Standards. On the 

second day, overviews of existing and 

pilot electronic reporting systems will 

be presented to the Advisory Panel. The 

Advisory Panel will review and 

discussing existing systems in place for 

commercial and recreational fisheries. 

The meeting will conclude with a 

discussion of minimum criteria and 

standards for electronic reporting 

systems for Gulf of Mexico fisheries for 

commercial and for-hire fisheries. The 

Advisory Panel will discuss issues 

related to data management and 

acquisition including: what data are 

needed to improve management, 

frequency of reported data, integration 

with existing data systems, and 

mechanisms for electronic reporting. 

The recommendations made by Ad Hoc 

Data Collection Advisory Panel will be 

presented to the Council at its April 12 

- 15, 2010 meeting in Galveston, TX. 

Copies of the agenda and other related 

materials can be obtained by calling 

(813) 348–1630. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not on the agenda may come before the 

Advisory Panel for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, those issues may not be the subject 

of formal action during this meeting. 

Actions of the Advisory Panel will be 

restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in the agenda and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina O’Hern at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: March 5, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5087 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XU99 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee 

(SAC) will hold a meeting to develop 

draft alternatives and plan analyses for 

an amendment to the Pacific Coast 

Salmon Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) to address the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act (MSA) requirements for annual 

catch limits (ACL) and accountability 

measures (AM). This meeting of the 

SAC is open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Thursday, April 1, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 4:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Pacific Council Office, Large 

Conference Room, 7700 NE Ambassador 

Place, Suite 101, Portland, OR 97220– 

1384; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Chuck Tracy, Salmon Management Staff 

Officer, Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (503) 820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

reauthorized MSA established new 

requirements to end and prevent 

overfishing through the use of ACLs and 

AMs. Federal FMPs must establish 

mechanisms for ACLs and AMs by 2010 

for stocks subject to overfishing and by 

2011 for all others, with the exceptions 

of stocks managed under an 

international agreement or stocks with a 

life cycle of approximately one year. 

On January 16, 2009, NMFS 

published amended guidelines for 

National Standard 1 (NS1) of the MSA 

to provide guidance on how to comply 

with new ACL and AM requirements. 

The NS1 guidelines include 

recommendations for establishing 

several related reference points to 

ensure scientific and management 

uncertainty are accounted for when 

management measures are established. 

The purpose of this meeting is to 

develop alternatives to address those 

issues, and to plan analyses that will be 

used to evaluate those alternatives in a 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) analysis. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may 

come before the SAC for discussion, 

those issues may not be the subject of 

formal action during these meetings. 

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 MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Ms. 

Carolyn Porter at (503) 820–2280 at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: March 5, 2010. 

William D. Chappell, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5086 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XU98 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 


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