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successful implementation of the goals 

and objectives of the Reserve. 

The mission of the Reserve 

management plan is to improve the 

stewardship of the region’s estuarine 

and coastal watershed ecosystems. The 

management plan identifies the 

following priority issues facing the 

Reserve: Water quality/eutrophication/ 

watershed land-use; climate change/sea 

level rise/shoreline change; and 

assessment of ecosystem response to 

natural variability and human impacts. 

The management plan identifies five 

goals that are addressed through active 

management. The goals are (l) improve 

the understanding of coastal ecosystems 

and the human influences on them, (2) 

improve environmental literacy in 

communities to enable environmentallysustainable decision-making, (3) 

demonstrate sustainable stewardship of 

the land and water ecosystems within 

the Reserve to serve as a model for 

community stewardship in the region, 

(4) foster dialogue and development of 

coastal ecosystem management 

solutions through sustained community 

engagement, (5) improve operations, 

infrastructure and stature of the Reserve. 

The Reserve’s management plan 

addresses these goals with specific 

programs for resource management and 

protection and stewardship, research 

and monitoring, education and training, 

public access and visitor use, program 

administration, and partnerships and 

regional coordination. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doris Grimm at (301) 563–7101 or Kate 

Barba, Acting Chief, Estuarine Reserves 

Division at (301) 563–1158 of NOAA’s 

National Ocean Service, Estuarine 

Reserves Division, 1305 East-West 

Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

Dated: August 25, 2006. 

David M. Kennedy, 

Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal 

Resource Management, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

[FR Doc. E6–14430 Filed 8–29–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 081406A] 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Meeting of Consolidated Atlantic 

Highly Migratory Species Advisory 

Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a two-day 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 

Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in October 

2006. The intent of the meeting is to 

consider options for the conservation 

and management of HMS. 

DATES: The AP meeting will be held 

from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, 

October 3, 2006, and from 8 a.m. to 5 

p.m. on Wednesday, October 4, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Hilton Mark Center, 5000 Seminary 

Road, Alexandria, VA, 22311; phone: 

703–845–1010 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Othel Freeman or Chris Rilling at 301–

713–2347. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson-Stevens 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). 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: the HMS FMP (April 1999), 

Amendment 1 to the HMS FMP 

(December 2003), Amendment 1 to the 

Billfish FMP (April 1999), and the 

Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP in 

February 2006. The October 2006 AP 

meeting will focus on conservation and 

management options for Atlantic tunas, 

swordfish, billfish, and sharks. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Othel Freeman or Chris Rilling at (301) 

713–2347, at least 7 days prior to the 

meeting. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 

et seq. 

Dated: August 24, 2006. 

James P. Burgess, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 06–7262 Filed 8–25–06; 2:36 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 082506B] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a 3-day Council meeting to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, September 26 beginning at 9 

a.m., and Wednesday and Thursday, 

September 27 and 28, beginning at 8:30 

a.m., each day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street, 

Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: 

(978)535–4600.Council address: New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, September 26, 2006 

Following introductions, the Council 

will hold elections for 2006–07 officers. 

A series of brief reports will follow from 

the Council Chairman and Executive 

Director, the NOAA Northeast Regional 

Administrator, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center and Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council liaisons, 

NOAA General Counsel and 

representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, 

NOAA Enforcement, the Atlantic States 

Marine Fisheries Commission, the 

Scallop Survey Advisory Panel and the 

Northeast Multispecies Capacity 

Reduction Committee. During this 

morning session, the Council also will 

receive a report from the Northeast 

Fisheries Science Center on recent 

oceanographic variability in the Gulf of 

Maine and Georges Bank regions and 

the implications for fisheries. The 

Council will then review and approve 

the following for inclusion in phase I of 

the NEFMC’s Essential Fish Habitat 

Omnibus Amendment: essential fish 

habitat designation alternatives for red 

crab and Atlantic salmon; alternatives 

for habitat areas of particular concern 


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