43676 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 165 / Thursday, August 27, 2009 / Notices 

SCHEDULE OF ANCILLARY AND ADVISORY BODY MEETINGS—Continued 

Washington State Delegation 7 am.

Coastal Pelagic Species Management Team 8 am.

Enforcement Consultants 8 am.

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 am.

Groundfish Management Team 8 am.

Salmon Advisory Subpanel 8 am.

Salmon Management Team 8 am.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 .

Pacific Council Secretariat 7 am.

California State Delegation 7 am.

Oregon State Delegation 7 am.

Washington State Delegation 7 am.

Enforcement Consultants 8 am.

Groundfish Advisory Subpanel 8 am.

Groundfish Management Team 8 am.

Thursday, September 17, 2009 .

Pacific Council Secretariat 7 am.

California State Delegation 7 am.

Oregon State Delegation 7 am.

Washington State Delegation 7 am.

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before the Pacific Council for 

discussion, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal Council action during 

this meeting. Council 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 

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: August 24, 2009, 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–20658 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR14 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Scallop Advisory Panel and Scallop 

Oversight Committee will hold two 

meetings to consider actions affecting 

New England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 15 and 16, 2009. For specific 

dates and times, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich 

Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401)732–6000; fax: (401)732–0261. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill ι2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

advisory panel’s and oversight 

committee meeting schedules and 

agendas are as follows: 

1. Scallop Advisory Panel Meeting - 

Tuesday, September 15, 2009 beginning 

at 9 a.m. 

The advisory panel will review 

Amendment 15 Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) alternatives 

and analyses. The primary goal of 

Scallop Amendment 15 is to consider 

alternatives to comply with new 

requirements of the reauthorized 

Magnuson-Stevens Conservation and 

Management Act, specifically 

implementing annual catch limits 

(ACLs). In addition, this action is 

considering alternatives to address 

excess capacity in the limited access 

scallop fishery with leasing and permit 

stacking alternatives. Lastly, this action 

is considering a number of alternatives 

to adjust several aspects of the overall 

scallop management program such as 

revising the overfishing definition, 

specific adjustments to the general 

category management program, a 

specific alternative to address EFH 

closures on Georges Bank, adjustments 

to the current scallop research set-aside 

program, and changing the scallop 

fishing year from March 1 to May 1. The 

panel will identify preferred alternatives 

for the Scallop Committee to consider. 

The advisory panel will also provide 

input on development of Framework 21. 

Framework 21 includes specifications 

for the 2010 fishing year including daysat-sea (DAS) allocations, access area 

schedule and measures for the general 

category scallop fishery. Other measures 

under consideration are possible 

consideration of a new scallop access 

area closure in the Great South Channel, 

minor modifications to the observer setaside program, and compliance with the 

recent Loggerhead sea turtle biological 

opinion. 

2. Scallop Oversight Committee Meeting 

- Wednesday, September 16, 2009 

beginning at 9 a.m. 

The Committee will review 

Amendment 15 DEIS alternatives and 

analyses. The Committee will consider 

input from the Advisory Panel when 

identifying preferred alternatives for the 

Council to consider later in September. 

The Council is scheduled to approve the 

final range of alternatives and draft 

analyses included in Amendment 15 

DEIS for public hearings at the 

September Council meeting. The 

committee will also continue 

development of alternatives for 

Framework 21. Framework 21 includes 

specifications for the 2010 fishing year 

and other measures. 

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Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action 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 

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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Paul J. Howard 

(see ADDRESSES), at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–20686 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR15 

Mid-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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) 

Highly Migratory Species Committee 

and its Spiny Dogfish Committee will 

hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, September 21, 2009, from 10 

a.m. to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Philadelphia Airport Hotel, 

4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA; 

telephone: (215) 937–4535. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 300 S. New 

Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, 

Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674– 

2331, extension 19. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to develop 

and finalize comments on Draft 

Amendment 3 to the National Marine 

Fisheries Service’s Consolidated Highly 

Migratory Species Fishery Management 

Plan and its proposed rule for 

management of Atlantic Shark fisheries. 

The Committees expect to comment on 

the reported overfishing that is being 

experienced by the blacknose sharks 

and shortfin mako sharks, and the 

proposed management measures 

required to end this overfishing. 

Comments will also be developed on the 

inclusion of smooth dogfish in the 

Fishery Management Plan. 

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 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to M. 

Jan Bryan at the Mid-Atlantic Council 

Office, (302) 674–2331 extension 18, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: August 24, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–20687 Filed 8–26–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XR16 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 

(BS/AI) groundfish plan teams will meet 

in Seattle. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

September 15–18, 2009. The joint plan 

team meeting will begin at 1 p.m. on 

Tuesday, September 15 and continue 

through noon on Friday, September 18. 

The GOA Plan Team will convene 

separately at 1 p.m. on Friday, 

September 18 in Room 1055. The BSAI 

Plan Team will convene separately at 1 

p.m. on Friday, September 18 in the 

Traynor Room. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Building 4, 

Observer Training Room (GOA Plan 

Team) and Traynor Room (Joint Teams 

and BS/AI Plan Team), Seattle, WA. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

DiCosimo or Diana Stram, North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda: 

Principal business is to prepare and 

review the draft Economic Report, the 

draft Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, 

proposed modeling changes to stock 

assessments for some target-categories, 

proposed 2010–12 halibut discard 

mortality rates for all groundfish 

fisheries, and recommend preliminary 

groundfish catch specifications for 

2008/09. The teams will also review 

proposed uncertainty corrections and 

Allowable Biological Catch control rules 

for stock assessments, application of 

stock structure for area management, 

vulnerability analyses for identifying 

which groundfish stocks could be 

categorized as ‘‘in the fishery’’ versus in 

a new ecosystem component category, 

and recommendations for criteria for 

evaluating proposals to create new 

habitat areas of particular concern. 

The agenda is posted on the Council 

website at: http:// 

www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups 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 these meetings. 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 

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