10712 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 46 / Friday, March 9, 2007 / Notices 

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4222 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030507G] 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Trawl Survey Advisory 

Panel, composed of representatives from 

the National Marine Fisheries Service’s 

Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

(NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (MAFMC), the 

New England Fishery Management 

Council (NEFMC), Atlantic States 

Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), 

and several independent scientific 

researchers, will hold a public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, April 4, 2007, from 8 a.m. 

to 4 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Providence Airport, 1850 

Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886, 

telephone: (401) 738–4000. 

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 tour the 

new research vessel FSV Henry B. 

Bigelow, discuss Protocol Development 

Cruises, NEFSC’s upcoming Calibration 

Design Workshop, NEAMAP cruise 

usage in defining differences between 

inshore and offshore stations, and gear 

standardization issues. 

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: March 6, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4224 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030507E] 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its Ad 

Hoc Sector Omnibus Committee 

(Committee) in March, 2007 to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 29, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, 

Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 

339–2200; fax: (508) 256–2550. 

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 

Committee will continue development 

of sector programs and operational 

guidelines. 

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 

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 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 6, 2007. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4221 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 030507H] 

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 (Council) and its 

advisory committees will hold public 

meetings in Anchorage, AK. 

DATES: The meetings will be held from 

Monday, March 26 through Tuesday, 

April 3, 2007. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for specific dates and 

times. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 

Third Avenue, Anchorage, AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Witherell, Council staff, 

telephone: (907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council will begin its plenary session at 

8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 28, 

continuing through Tuesday, April 3, 

2007. The Council will meet jointly 

with the Alaska Board of Fisheries from 

1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 

28. 

The agenda will consist of: Halibut 

Charter Management; Steller Sea Lion 

(SSL) Recovery Plan and Biological 

Opinion (BiOp); Salmon Bycatch; 

Potential sector split for cod in the Gulf 

of Alaska (GOA) and License Limitation 

Program (LLP) recency in the GOA and 

tendering issues; Dark Rockfish in the 

GOA (and potential state management 

aspects); Request for closed area around 

Unalaska Bay; Arctic Management Plan 

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