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Wednesday, March 21, 2007, Best 

Western, 6400 Dudley Drive, Naples, FL 

34105; telephone: (239) 643–6655; and 

Thursday, March 22, 2007, City of 

Madeira Beach, 300 Municipal Drive, 

Madeira Beach, FL 33708; telephone: 

(727) 391–9951; 

Copies of the scoping documents and 

related materials can be obtained by 

calling the Council office at (813) 348–

1630. 

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 Trezza at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3738 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 022607D] 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. 

Section to the International 

Commission for the Conservation of 

Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT); Spring 

Species Working Group Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee 

(Committee) to the U.S. Section to the 

International Commission for the 

Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) 

announces its spring meeting with its 

Species Working Group Technical 

Advisors on April 2–3, 2007. The 

Committee will meet to discuss matters 

relating to ICCAT, including the results 

from the 2006 ICCAT meeting; the U.S. 

implementation of ICCAT decisions; the 

2007 ICCAT and NMFS research and 

monitoring activities; the 2007 ICCAT 

activities; the Atlantic Tunas 

Convention Act-required consultation 

on the identification of countries that 

are diminishing the effectiveness of 

ICCAT; the results of the meetings of the 

Committee’s Species Working Groups; 

and other matters relating to the 

international management of ICCAT 

species. 

DATES: The open sessions of the 

Committee meeting will be held on 

April 2, 2007, from 8:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

and on April 3, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 

9:15 a.m. and from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Closed sessions will be held on April 2, 

2007, from 3 p.m. to approximately 6 

p.m. and on April 3, 2007, from 9:15 

a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Hotel Washington-Silver 

Spring, 8727 Colesville Road, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910, telephone: 301–589–

5200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Denit at (301) 713–2276. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Advisory Committee to the U.S. Section 

to ICCAT will meet in open session to 

receive and discuss information on (1) 

the 2006 ICCAT meeting results and 

U.S. implementation of ICCAT 

decisions; (2) 2007 ICCAT and NMFS 

research and monitoring activities; (3) 

2007 ICCAT activities; (4) the Atlantic 

Tunas Convention Act-required 

consultation on the identification of 

countries that are diminishing the 

effectiveness of ICCAT; (5) the results of 

the meetings of the Committee’s Species 

Working Groups; and (6) other matters 

relating to the international 

management of ICCAT species. The 

public will have access to the open 

sessions of the meeting, but there will 

be no opportunity for public comment. 

The Committee will meet in its 

Species Working Groups for a portion of 

the afternoon of April 2, 2007, and of 

the morning of April 3, 2007. These 

sessions are not open to the public, but 

the results of the species working group 

discussions will be reported to the full 

Advisory Committee during the 

Committee’s morning and afternoon 

open session on April 3, 2007. The 

Committee may also go into executive 

session on the afternoon of April 3, 

2007, to discuss sensitive information 

relating to upcoming intersessional 

meetings of ICCAT. This session would 

also be closed to the public. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting location is physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kelly Denit at 

(301) 713–2276 at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: February 28, 2007. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–3778 Filed 3–2–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 022707E] 

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 (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Advisory Panels and its Scallop 

Committee in March, 2007, to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from these groups 

will be brought to the full Council for 

formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate 

DATES: These meetings will be held on 

Monday, March 19, 2007, at 8 a.m. and 

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held 

at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post 

Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401) 739–3000; fax: (401) 732–9309. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

panel’s schedule and agenda for the 

meetings are as follows: 

1. Monday, March 19, 2007; General 

Category Scallop Advisory Panel 

Meeting, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and a Joint 

General Category and Scallop Advisory 

Panel Meeting, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. 

In the morning, the General Category 

advisors will meet individually to 

review the Draft Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement 

(DSEIS) for Amendment 11 to the 

Scallop Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) and make final recommendations 

for the Scallop Committee to consider as 

preferred alternatives related to limited 

entry qualification alternatives. In the 

afternoon, both scallop advisory panels 

will meet jointly to further review the 

DSEIS for Amendment 11 to the Scallop 

FMP and make final recommendations 

for the Scallop Committee to consider as 

preferred alternatives related to all other 

measures in the document. If time 

permits, the advisors will discuss and 

develop potential alternatives to 


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