Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 147 / Monday, August 3, 2009 / Notices 38403 

ADDRESSES: Both SSC Subcommittee 

meetings will be held at the NOAA 

Western Regional Center’s Sand Point 

Facility, Alaska Fisheries Science 

Center, Building 4, Traynor Room, 7600 

Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 

98115–6349; telephone: (206) 526–6548. 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John DeVore, Pacific Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (503) 

820–2280. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the first SSC Groundfish 

Subcommittee meeting is to review a 

new draft stock assessment for petrale 

sole and any other pertinent 

information, work with the Stock 

Assessment Team to make necessary 

revisions, and ultimately produce an 

SSC report for use by the Council family 

and other interested persons. 

The purpose of the second SSC 

Groundfish and CPS Subcommittees 

meeting is to review groundfish and 

CPS assessments, requested analyses, 

and any other pertinent information to 

develop new control rules for deciding 

scientific uncertainty buffers for ABC 

specifications for groundfish and CPS 

species. An SSC report will ultimately 

be produced incorporating 

recommendations and considerations 

developed by the two SSC 

Subcommittees. 

No management actions will be 

decided at these SSC Subcommittee 

meetings. The SSC Subcommittees’ role 

will be development of 

recommendations and reports for 

consideration by the SSC and the 

Council at its September meeting in 

Foster City, CA. 

Entry to the NOAA Western Regional 

Center’s Sand Point Facility requires 

visitors to show a valid picture ID and 

register with security. A visitor’s badge, 

which must be worn while at the NOAA 

Western Regional Center’s Facility, will 

be issued to non-Federal employees 

participating in the meeting. Non-U.S. 

citizens will require advance security 

clearance and should call (206) 526– 

6548 at least 2 days prior to the meeting 

date. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agendas may 

come before the meeting participants for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during these 

meetings. SSC Subcommittee 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 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the meeting participants’ 

intent to take final 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 Ms. Carolyn Porter 

at (503) 820–2280 at least 5 days prior 

to the meeting date. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of its Dolphin Wahoo Advisory 

Panel in North Charleston, SC. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

August 19–20, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 

International Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308– 

9330. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC, 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Dolphin Wahoo Advisory Panel 

will meet from 3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m. on 

August 19, 2009, and from 8:30 a.m. 

until 5 p.m. on August 20, 2009. 

The Advisory Panel will review 

actions and management alternatives in 

the draft Comprehensive Annual Catch 

Limit Amendment for the South 

Atlantic Region. The amendment is 

being prepared in order to meet the 

requirements of the Reauthorized 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, including the 

establishment of Maximum Sustainable 

Yield (MSY), Allowable Biological 

Catch (ABC) and Overfishing Levels 

(OFLs) as recommended by South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC), Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), 

Annual Catch Targets (ACTs) and 

Accountability Measures (AMs) for 

species currently not listed as 

undergoing overfishing, including 

dolphin and wahoo. The amendment 

will also include alternatives addressing 

the sale of dolphin from for-hire vessels 

and minimum size limits for dolphin 

caught in federal waters off the coasts of 

North Carolina and South Carolina and 

in the Mid-Atlantic and New England 

areas. 

The AP will provide 

recommendations to the Council 

regarding the alternatives in the draft 

amendment. The Amendment is being 

prepared by the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, with input from 

the Mid-Atlantic and New England 

Councils for decisions relative to 

dolphin and wahoo. 

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 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

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 

auxiliary aids should be directed to the 

council office (see ADDRESSES) 3 days 

prior to the meeting. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: July 29, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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