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email to 

comment@nefmc.orgmailto:amendment

15@noaa.gov with ‘‘Comment on Small 

Mesh Multispecies Amendment 19’’ in 

the subject line. Requests for copies of 

the public hearing document and other 

information should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council, 

50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, 

MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

The public hearing document is also 

accessible electronically via the Internet 

at http://www.nefmc.org/mesh/index.

html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council 

staff will provide information on the 

status of Amendment 19 to the 

Northeast Multispecies FMP. The draft 

alternatives include annual limits on 

catch and landings by fishery program 

and/or stock, in-season and post-season 

accountability measures including 

incidental possession limits, year round 

red hake possession limits, and 

monitoring and specification setting 

procedures. Final alternatives will be 

recommended for approval at the April 

24–26 Council meeting. There will be 

time available for questions and 

answers. 

Written comments on the draft 

amendment must be received by 12 p.m. 

EST, Monday, April 16, 2012 and may 

be mailed to the Council office at the 

address above, faxed to (978) 465–3116 

or emailed to: comment@nefmc.org 

(attention/subject line: Comment on 

Small Mesh Multispecies Amendment 

19). 

The dates, times, locations and 

telephone numbers of the hearings are 

as follows: 

Monday, April 9, 2012 at 5 p.m.— 

Hilton Garden Inn, 1885 Route 70, 

Lakewood, NJ 08701; telephone: (732) 

262–5232; 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 at 5 p.m.— 

Hotel Indigo East End, 1830 West Main 

Street, Route 25, Riverhead, NY 11901; 

telephone: (631) 369–2200; 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 5 

p.m.—Radisson Hotel, 180 Water Street, 

Plymouth, MA 02360; telephone: (508) 

747–4900; 

Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 5 p.m.— 

Sheraton Harborside, 250 Market Street, 

Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 

431–2300; 

Monday, April 16, 2012 at 5 p.m.— 

Hotel Providence, 139 Mathewson 

Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: 

(401) 861–8000. 

Special Accommodations 

These hearings are physically 

accessible to people with physical 

disabilities. Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Paul J. Howard 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

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

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB108 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) and its 

Executive Committee, its Ecosystem and 

Ocean Planning Committee, and its 

Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee 

will hold public meetings. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 through 

Thursday, April 12, 2012. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The Sanderling, 1461 Duck 

Road, Duck, NC 27949; telephone: (252) 

261–4111. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State St., 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 

(302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 

1 p.m. until 3 p.m.—The Executive 

Committee will meet in a closed 

session. 

3 p.m. until 5 p.m.—The Ecosystem 

and Ocean Planning Committee will 

meet. 

5 p.m. until 6 p.m.—There will be a 

public listening session. 

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 

9 a.m. until 11 a.m.—The Executive 

Committee will meet. 

11 a.m. until 12 p.m.—The RSA 

Committee will meet. 

1 p.m.—The Council will convene. 

Swearing in of the new member will be 

at 1 p.m. 

1 p.m. until 2 p.m.—The Council will 

discuss Surfclams and Ocean Quahogs. 

2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.—Finalization of 

Tilefish Management Measures for 

2013–15 will be held. 

3:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.—An Atlantic 

sturgeon discussion will be held. 

Thursday, April 12, 2012 

9 a.m. until 10 a.m.—Approval of 

Spiny Dogfish alternatives will be held. 

10 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.—Framework 

5 to Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish 

will be discussed. 

10:30 a.m. until 11 a.m.—Framework 

6 to Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish 

will be discussed. 

11 a.m. until 1 p.m.—The Council 

will hold its regular Business Session to 

approve the February minutes, receive 

Organizational Reports, the South 

Atlantic Liaison Report, Executive 

Director’s Report, Science Report, 

Committee Reports, and conduct any 

continuing and/or new business. 

Agenda items by day for the Council’s 

Committees and the Council itself are: 

On Tuesday, April 10—The Executive 

Committee will meet in a closed 

session. The Ecosystem and Ocean 

Planning Committee will receive a 

presentation from the New England 

Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) 

and the South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (SAFMC) on Deep 

Sea Coral and discussion of MidAtlantic Council action will follow. The 

public listening session will focus on 

BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy 

Management—formerly BOEMRE) and 

wind power. 

On Wednesday, April 11—The 

Executive Committee will discuss an 

Ecosystem/Ecosystem-Based Fishery 

Management (EBFM) document, finalize 

goals and objectives, purpose and need, 

discuss transition strategies to move 

EBFM, and Standardized Bycatch 

Reporting Methodology (SBRM) next 

steps. The RSA Committee will review 

a response letter from NOAA General 

Counsel, discuss integration of the 

Scientific and Statistical Committee 

(SSC) into the RSA research 

prioritization process, and discuss 

alternatives to improve the RSA 

program and develop recommendations 

to the Council. The Council will 

convene to swear in a new Council 

member. The Council will discuss 


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reopening Georges Bank, identify any 

harvest restrictions, and discuss PSP 

testing. The Council will finalize and 

adopt Tilefish Management Measures 

for 2013–15 by reviewing the SSC and 

the Tilefish Monitoring Committee’s 

recommendations for 2013–15 harvest 

levels and management measures. The 

Council will discuss potential actions to 

reduce Atlantic sturgeon bycatch in the 

Mid-Atlantic fisheries. 

On Thursday, April 12—The Council 

will approve alternatives for analysis to 

Spiny Dogfish Amendment 3. The 

Council will take action to modify 

vessel hold certification requirements in 

Framework 5 to the Squid, Mackerel, 

and Butterfish FMP (Meeting 2). The 

Council will take action to revise a 

provision of Council risk policy on 

Framework 6 to the Squid, Mackerel, 

and Butterfish FMP (Meeting 2). The 

Council will hold its regular Business 

Session to approve the February 2012 

minutes, receive Organizational Reports, 

the South Atlantic Liaison Report, the 

Executive Director’s Report, Science 

Report, Committee Reports, and conduct 

any continuing and/or new business. 

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 these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens 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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aid 

should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, 

(302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. 

Dated: March 19, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB099 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; 

Southeast Data, Assessment, and 

Review (SEDAR); Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 29 assessment 

webinars for Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) blacktip shark (Carcharhinus 

limbatus). 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 29 assessment of 

HMS blacktip shark will consist of a 

workshop and series of webinars. This 

notice is for webinars associated with 

the workshop portion of the SEDAR 

process. 

DATES: The SEDAR 29 webinars will be 

held between April 12th and May 24th, 

2012. Please see list below for exact 

dates and times. The established times 

may be adjusted as necessary to 

accommodate the timely completion of 

discussion relevant to the assessment 

process. Such adjustments may result in 

the meeting being extended from, or 

completed prior to the times established 

by this notice. 

Webinar Date Day Time 

(central) 

1 ............................................................... April 12, 2012 ......................................... Thursday ................................................ 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

2 ............................................................... April 26, 2012 ......................................... Thursday ................................................ 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

3 ............................................................... May 24, 2012 ......................................... Thursday ................................................ 10 a.m.–1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to the 

public. Those interested in participating 

should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR 

(See Contact Information Below) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 

Faber Place, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data/ 

Assessment Workshop, and (2) a series 

of webinars. The product of the Data/ 

Assessment Workshop is a report which 

compiles and evaluates potential 

datasets and recommends which 

datasets are appropriate for assessment 

analyses, and describes the fisheries, 

evaluates the status of the stock, 

estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. Participants for 

SEDAR Workshops are appointed by the 

Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils and NOAA Fisheries Southeast 

Regional Office, HMS Management 

Division, and Southeast Fisheries 

Science Center. Participants include 

data collectors and database managers; 

stock assessment scientists, biologists, 

and researchers; constituency 

representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and NGO’s; 

International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

SEDAR 29 Assessment webinar series: 

Using datasets and initial assessment 

analysis recommended from the 

Workshop, Panelists will employ 

assessment models to evaluate stock 

status, estimate population benchmarks 

and management criteria, and project 

future conditions. Panelists will 

recommend the most appropriate 

methods and configurations for 

determining stock status and estimating 

population parameters. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 


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