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public comment period. Reviews were 

requested from three scientists and 

managers with expertise in recovery 

planning, statistical analyses, fisheries, 

and marine mammals. NMFS 

anticipates that many of the 

recommendations that will be made by 

the reviewers will be addressed and 

provided in detail in the final Plan. 

Dated: December 1, 2006. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E6–20712 Filed 12–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 110306B] 

Small Coastal Shark 2007 Stock 

Assessment Data Workshop 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces the date, 

time, and location for the small coastal 

shark (SCS) stock assessment Data 

Workshop, the first of three stock 

evaluation workshops for the SCS stock 

assessment to be conducted in 2007. 

Any potential changes to existing 

management measures for SCS will be 

based, in large part, on the results of this 

2007 stock assessment. The workshop is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The Data Workshop will start at 

1 p.m. on Monday, February 5, 2007, 

and will conclude at 1 p.m. on Friday, 

February 9, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be 

held at the Bay Point Marriott Resort, 

4200 Marriott Drive, Panama City 

Beach, FL 32408. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

Neer at (850) 234–6541; or Karyl 

Brewster-Geisz at (301) 713–2347, fax 

(301) 713–1917. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Atlantic shark fisheries are managed 

under the authority of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. The Consolidated 

Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) (October 2, 

2006; 71 FR 58058) is implemented by 

regulations at 50 CFR part 635. 

Stock assessments are periodically 

conducted to determine stock status 

relative to current management criteria. 

Collection of the best available scientific 

data and conducting stock assessments 

are critical to determine appropriate 

management measures for rebuilding 

stocks. Based on the last SCS stock 

assessment in 2002, NMFS determined 

that the SCS complex and three of the 

species in that complex are not 

overfished with no overfishing 

occurring. The only exception was for 

finetooth sharks, where fishing 

mortality in some years was above the 

mortality level associated with 

producing maximum sustainable yield 

(MSY). Any potential changes to 

existing management measures for SCS 

will be based, in large part, on the 

results of this 2007 stock assessment. 

This assessment will be conducted in 

a manner similar to the Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) 

process. SEDAR is a cooperative process 

initiated in 2002 to improve the quality 

and reliability of fishery stock 

assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf 

of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean. SEDAR 

emphasizes constituent and stakeholder 

participation in assessment 

development, transparency in the 

assessment process, and a rigorous and 

independent scientific review of 

completed stock assessments. SEDAR is 

organized around three workshops. The 

first is a Data Workshop where datasets 

are documented, analyzed, and 

reviewed, and data for conducting 

assessment analyses are compiled. The 

second workshop is an Assessment 

Workshop where quantitative 

population analyses are developed and 

refined and population parameters are 

estimated. The third and final workshop 

is a Review Workshop where a panel of 

independent experts review the data 

and assessment and recommend the 

most appropriate values of critical 

population and management quantities. 

All workshops are open to the public. 

More information on the SEDAR process 

can be found at HTTP:// 

WWW.SEFSC.NOAA.GOV/SEDAR/. The 2005/ 

2006 large coastal shark stock 

assessment also followed this process. 

NMFS announces the Data Workshop, 

the first of three workshops for the SCS 

2007 stock assessment. The Data 

Workshop will be held from February 5 

- 9, 2007, at the Bay Point Marriott 

Resort in Panama City Beach, FL (see 

DATES and ADDRESSES). Prospective 

participants and observers will be 

contacted with the data workshop 

details. This workshop is open to the 

public. Persons interested in 

participating or observing the Data 

Workshop should contact Julie Neer (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Tentative dates for the next two 

workshops are May 7 - 11, 2007, for the 

Assessment Workshop and August 6 - 

10, 2007, for the Review Workshop. The 

times and locations of these workshops 

will be announced in a future Federal 

Register notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Julie Neer at (850) 

234–6541, at least 7 days prior to the 

Data workshop. 

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

Dated: November 29, 2006. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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2006, meeting closed to the public and 

Thursday, December 7, 2006, meeting 

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DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, December 12, 

2006 at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

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STATUS: This meeting will be closed to 

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ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance 

matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. 

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Mary W. Dove, 

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