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Done in Washington, DC, this 9th day of 

April 2012. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8913 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB166 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Hearings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold public hearings in April and May 

of 2012 to allow for public input on 

Amendment 14 to the Atlantic 

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP). 

DATES: Written public comments must 

be received before 5 p.m. EST, Monday, 

June 4, 2012. The hearings will be held 

between April 30 and May 22, 2012. For 

specific dates and times, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. 

ADDRESSES: The hearings will be held 

(chronologically) in Alexandria, VA; 

Riverhead, NY; Newport News, VA; 

Cape May, NJ; Gloucester, MA; and 

Providence, RI. The Newport News 

hearing will also be available via 

webinar. For specific locations and 

webinar access, see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION below. Written comments 

should be mailed to the Council office 

at the address below and marked 

‘‘AMENDMENT 14.’’ The public hearing 

document can be obtained by contacting 

the Council at the address below or at 

http://www.mafmc.org/fmp/msb.htm. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, 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, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Amendment 14 deals with incidental 

catch and general management of 

blueback herring, alewife, American 

shad, and hickory shad (river herrings 

and shads or ‘‘RH/S’’) in the MSB FMP. 

The Amendment has three purposes: (A) 

Implement Effective RH/S Catch 

Monitoring; (B) Reduce RH/S Bycatch 

and/or Catch; and (C) Consider if RH/S 

should be added as species directly 

managed by the Council. There are 9 

alternative sets that consider the 

following management measures: 

Alternative Set 1: Additional Vessel 

Reporting Measures; 

Alternative Set 2: Additional Dealer 

Reporting Measures; 

Alternative Set 3: Additional At-Sea 

Observation Optimization Measures; 

Alternative Set 4: Port-side and Other 

Sampling/Monitoring Measures; 

Alternative Set 5: At-Sea Observer 

Coverage Requirements; 

Alternative Set 6: Mortality Caps on 

RH/S catch in the MSB fisheries. 

Alternative Set 7: Large area 

restrictions on the MSB fisheries in 

areas of high RH/S catch; 

Alternative Set 8: Smaller hotspot 

restrictions on the MSB fisheries in 

areas of high RH/S catch; 

Alternative Set 9: Adding RH/S as 

‘‘Stocks in the Fishery’’ in the MSB 

FMP. 

Summaries of the proposed actions 

will be available and presented at the 

hearings. The full Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (DEIS) that analyzes 

the proposed actions is available by 

contacting the Council office or at 

http://www.mafmc.org/fmp/msb.htm 

after April 16th. The scheduled public 

hearings follow. If no one is present 

halfway through a hearing or later, the 

hearing may be closed. Some GPS 

navigation units may provide faulty 

directions for these locations so call 

ahead with the number provided if 

unfamiliar with a hearing location. All 

hearings will be digitally recorded and 

saved as transcripts of the hearing. 

April 30, 2012: 5:30–7:30 p.m.; 

Crowne Plaza Hotel Old Town; 901 

North Fairfax Street; Alexandria, VA, 

telephone: (703) 683–6000. 

May 15, 2012: 7–9 p.m.; Hyatt Place 

Long Island/East End; 451 East Main 

Street; Riverhead, NY, telephone: (631) 

208–0002. 

May 16, 2012: 6–8 p.m.; Available via 

Internet webinar (https:// 

www1.gotomeeting.com/register/ 

887273248). There will also be a 

listening station at: The Virginia Marine 

Resources Commission; 2600 

Washington Avenue; Newport News, 

VA, telephone: (757) 247–2200. 

May 17, 2012: 7–9 p.m.; Congress Hall 

Hotel; 29 Perry St; Cape May, NJ, 

telephone: (609) 884–8421. 

May 21, 2012: 6–8 p.m.; Annisquam 

River Marine Fisheries Station; 30 

Emerson Ave; Gloucester, MA, 

telephone: (978) 282–0308. 

May 22, 2012: 5:30–7:30 p.m.; 

Radisson Hotel Providence Airport; 

2081 Post Road; Warwick, RI, telephone: 

(401) 739–3000. 

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 Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic 

Council Office (302) 526–5251 at least 

five days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: April 10, 2012. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8885 Filed 4–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB165 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council’s Technical Shrimp Review 

Panel. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (SAFMC) will 

hold a meeting of its Technical Shrimp 

Review Panel via Webinar. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The meeting will take place May 

2, 2012. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 


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