Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 40 / Thursday, March 1, 2007 / Notices 9309 

Dated: February 26, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 021607E] 

International Whaling Commission; 

59th Annual Meeting; Nominations 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: This notice is a call for 

nominees for the U.S. Delegation to the 

May 2007 International Whaling 

Commission (IWC) annual meeting. The 

non-federal representative(s) selected as 

a result of this nomination process 

is(are) responsible for providing input 

and recommendations to the U.S. IWC 

Commissioner representing the 

positions of non-governmental 

organizations. Generally, only one nongovernmental position is selected for the 

U.S. Delegation. 

DATES: The IWC is holding its 59th 

annual meeting from May 28-31, 2007, 

in Anchorage, Alaska. All written 

nominations for the U.S. Delegation to 

the IWC annual meeting must be 

received by March 30, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: All nominations for the U.S. 

Delegation to the IWC annual meeting 

should be addressed to Bill Hogarth, 

U.S. Commissioner to the IWC, and sent 

via post to: Cheri McCarty, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, Office of 

International Affairs, 1315 East West 

Highway, SSMC3 Room 12603, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cheri McCarty, 301-713-9090, ext. 183. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of Commerce is charged with 

the responsibility of discharging the 

domestic obligations of the United 

States under the International 

Convention for the Regulation of 

Whaling, 1946. The U.S. IWC 

Commissioner has responsibility for the 

preparation and negotiation of U.S. 

positions on international issues 

concerning whaling and for all matters 

involving the IWC. He is staffed by the 

Department of Commerce and assisted 

by the Department of State, the 

Department of the Interior, the Marine 

Mammal Commission, and by other 

agencies. The non-federal 

representative(s) selected as a result of 

this nomination process is(are) 

responsible for providing input and 

recommendations to the U.S. IWC 

Commissioner representing the 

positions of non-governmental 

organizations. Generally, only one nongovernmental position is selected for the 

U.S. Delegation. 

Dated: February 23, 2007. 

William T. Hogarth, 

Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 022207F] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) Squid, 

Mackerel and Butterfish Committee and 

Advisory Panel will hold a public 

meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, March 21, 2007, from 8 

a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Congress Hall Hotel, 251 Beach 

Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204 

(telephone: 609–884–8421). 

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 discuss 

issues to be addressed in Amendment 

11 to the Atlantic, Mackerel, Squid and 

Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. 

The primary focus of Amendment 11 

will be the development of a limited or 

controlled access program for the 

Atlantic mackerel fishery. Other issues 

identified during scoping which may be 

discussed include the types of 

qualifying criteria that the Council 

should consider for a limited access 

program for the Atlantic mackerel 

fishery (including what levels of 

landings should be considered and what 

time period should be examined), 

whether and how the control date of 

July 5, 2002 should be utilized in 

establishing qualifying criteria, whether 

historical participants should be 

considered differently than newer more 

recent entrants in the fishery and if 

separate qualifying criteria should be 

developed for the directed and 

incidental catch fishery. Additional 

issues identified during scoping include 

the consideration of a trigger 

mechanism that would implement 

limited access in the mackerel fishery in 

the future, vessel upgrade provision, 

rules governing at sea processing and 

transfers at sea of Atlantic mackerel, and 

the degree to which overlap of limited 

access programs for Atlantic mackerel 

and herring should be considered. 

Technical issues which have arisen 

since scoping which may be discussed 

for inclusion in this amendment include 

possible revisions to the overfishing 

definition for Atlantic mackerel and the 

specification of allowable biological 

catch for the species. 

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 

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 

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: February 26, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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