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company seeks to export are either 

produced in the U.S. or, if not, marketed 

under the name of a U.S. firm and have 

at least fifty-one percent U.S. content. 

In addition, each applicant must: 

Certify that the products and services 

that it wishes to market through the 

mission would be in compliance with 

U.S. export controls and regulations; 

Certify that it has identified to the 

Department of Commerce for its 

evaluation any business pending before 

the Department that may present the 

appearance of a conflict of interest; 

Certify that it has identified any 

pending litigation (including any 

administrative proceedings) to which it 

is a party that involves the Department 

of Commerce; and 

Sign and submit an agreement that it 

and its affiliates (1) have not and will 

not engage in the bribery of foreign 

officials in connection with a 

company’s/participant’s involvement in 

this mission, and (2) maintain and 

enforce a policy that prohibits the 

bribery of foreign officials. 

Selection Criteria for Participation 

Targeted mission participants are U.S. 

companies and trade associations/

organizations providing or promoting 

products and services that have interest 

in entering or expanding their business 

in markets of Mozambique, Kenya and 

South Africa. The following criteria will 

be used in selecting participants: 

Suitability of a company’s (or in the 

case of a trade association/organization, 

represented companies’) products or 

services to these markets. 

Company’s (or in the case of a trade 

association/organization, represented 

companies’) potential for business in the 

markets, including likelihood of exports 

resulting from the mission. 

Consistency of the applicant 

company’s (or in the case of a trade 

association/organization, represented 

companies’) goals and objectives with 

the stated scope of the mission. 

Referrals from political organizations 

and any documents, including the 

application, containing references to 

partisan political activities (including 

political contributions) will be removed 

from an applicant’s submission and not 

considered during the selection process. 

Timeframe for Recruitment and 

Application 

Mission recruitment will be 

conducted in an open and public 

manner, including publication in the 

Federal Register, posting on the 

Commerce Department trade mission 

calendar (http://www.export.gov/

trademissions/) and other Internet Web 

sites, press releases to general and trade 

media, notices by industry trade 

associations and other multiplier 

groups, and publicity at industry 

meetings, symposia, conferences, and 

trade shows. 

Recruitment for this mission will 

begin immediately and conclude April 

17, 2015. We will inform applicants of 

selection decisions as soon as possible 

after April 17, 2015. Applications 

received after April 17, 2015 will be 

considered only if space and scheduling 

constraints permit. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

U.S. Commercial Service, Johannesburg, 

South Africa, Brent Omdahl, Deputy 

Senior Commercial Officer, Phone: 

27–11–290–3227, Email: 

Brent.Omdahl@trade.gov. 

Trade Missions Office, Washington, DC, 

Anne Novak, Phone: (202) 482–8178, 

Email: Anne.Novak@trade.gov. 

Frank Spector, 

International Trade Specialist. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD770 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Meeting of the Atlantic Highly 

Migratory Species Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting and 

webinar/conference call. 

SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a 3-day 

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species 

(HMS) Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in 

March 2015. The intent of the meeting 

is to consider options for the 

conservation and management of 

Atlantic HMS. The meeting is open to 

the public. 

DATES: The AP meeting and webinar 

will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

on Tuesday, March 10, 2015; from 8:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 

2015; and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on 

Thursday, March 12, 2015. There will 

be an introduction for new AP members 

at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, 8120 

Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 

20814. The meeting presentations will 

also be available via WebEx webinar/

conference call. 

On Tuesday, March 10, 2015, the 

conference call information is phone 

number 1–800–857–6552; Participant 

Code: 8099565; and the webinar event 

address is: https://

noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/

onstage/g.php?d=393951018&t=a; event 

password: NOAA. 

On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, the 

conference call information is phone 

number 1–800–857–6552; Participant 

Code: 8099565; and the webinar event 

address is: https://

noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/

onstage/g.php?d=395887510&t=a ; 

event password: NOAA. 

On Thursday, March 12, 2015, the 

conference call information is phone 

number 1–800–857–6552; Participant 

Code: 8099565; and the webinar event 

address is: https://

noaaevents2.webex.com/noaaevents2/

onstage/g.php?d=394954698&t=a ; 

event password: NOAA. 

Participants are strongly encouraged 

to log/dial in fifteen minutes prior to the 

meeting. NMFS will show the 

presentations via webinar and allow 

public comment during identified times 

on the agenda. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Cooper or Margo Schulze-Haugen 

at (301) 427–8503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as amended by the 

Sustainable Fisheries Act, Public Law 

104–297, provided for the establishment 

of an AP to assist in the collection and 

evaluation of information relevant to the 

development of any Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) or FMP 

amendment for Atlantic HMS. NMFS 

consults with and considers the 

comments and views of AP members 

when preparing and implementing 

FMPs or FMP amendments for Atlantic 

tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks. 

The AP has previously consulted with 

NMFS on: Amendment 1 to the Billfish 

FMP (April 1999); the HMS FMP (April 

1999); Amendment 1 to the HMS FMP 

(December 2003); the Consolidated HMS 

FMP (October 2006); and Amendments 

1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, and 9 to the 

2006 Consolidated HMS FMP (April and 

October 2008, February and September 

2009, May and September 2010, April 

and September 2011, March and 

September 2012, January and September 

2013, April and September 2014), 

among other things. 

The intent of this meeting is to 

consider alternatives for the 

conservation and management of all 

Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and 

shark fisheries. We anticipate discussing 


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the following Amendments to the 2006 

Consolidated HMS FMP: Draft 

Amendment 6 on the future of shark 

fishery, providing updates on 

Amendment 5b on dusky shark 

management and Amendment 9 on 

smoothhound shark management and 

ongoing stock assessment, reviewing 

Final Amendment 7 on bluefin tuna 

management measures, as well as 

discussing the HMS Essential Fish 

Habitat 5-Year Review. The meeting will 

also include discussion of the Electronic 

Technologies Implementation Plan for 

Atlantic HMS, implementation of 2014 

ICCAT recommendations, and updates 

on the Atlantic HMS ManagementBased Research Priorities document and 

other research activities, among other 

updates. 

Additional information on the 

meeting and a copy of the draft agenda 

will be posted prior to the meeting at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

advisory_panels/hms_ap/meetings/ap_

meetings.html. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Peter Cooper at (301) 427–8503 at least 

7 days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: February 20, 2015. 

Alan D. Risenhoover, 

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–XD791 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Council: Scoping Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of scoping meetings on 

Caribbean Federal permits. 

SUMMARY: The harvest activities of all 

fishing sectors must be understood to 

the greatest degree possible to assure 

that societal goals encompassed in the 

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act are 

met. Thus, the need for timely, effective, 

and efficient means to monitor harvest 

from all sectors is fundamental. The 

goal of this Scoping Hearing is to allow 

the public to comment on the scoping 

document and to provide alternative 

options and ideas not yet considered by 

the Council and NMFS. 

Dates and Addresses: 

Written comments can be sent to the 

Council not later than April 10th, 2015, 

by regular mail to the address below, or 

via email to graciela_cfmc@yahoo.com 

or Miguel.lugo@noaa.gov. 

In Puerto Rico 

March 11, 2015—7 p.m.–10 p.m.— 

Verdanza Hotel, Tartak St. Isla 

Verde Puerto Rico 

March 25, 2015—7 p.m.–10 p.m.— 

Mayaguez Holiday Inn, 2701 Hostos 

Avenue, Mayagu ̈ ez, Puerto Rico 

In the U.S. Virgin Islands 

March 16, 2015—7 p.m.–10 p.m.—The 

Buccaneer Hotel, Estate Shoys, 

Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin 

Islands 

March 18, 2015—7 p.m.–10 p.m.— 

Windward Passage Hotel, Charlotte 

Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin 

Islands. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council, 

270 Mun ̃oz Rivera Avenue, Suite 401, 

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00918–1903, 

telephone: (787) 766–5926. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Caribbean Fishery Management Council 

is considering establishing federal 

permits for fishing in the U.S. Caribbean 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and is 

conducting scoping meetings to obtain 

public comments regarding this matter. 

Background 

A permitting system provides a 

comprehensive method to achieve this 

goal. Permitting supports 

professionalization of individual 

fisheries, identifying and 

acknowledging those fishers dedicated 

to and reliant upon a specific 

component of the commercial fishery. 

Permits also allow for direct 

communication with fishing entities, 

enabling focused outreach and 

education opportunities. 

A permitting system allows fishery 

scientists and managers to gather more 

accurate data, decreasing both scientific 

and management uncertainty. Scientific 

uncertainty can be mitigated to some 

degree by increasing knowledge of the 

fishery and the health of the fish 

populations that support that fishery. A 

permit system that identifies the 

universe of fishers operating within a 

fishing sector and allows tracking of the 

disposition and characteristics of 

harvested resources would substantially 

enhance knowledge of the fishery. Data 

derived from a comprehensive permit 

system would also contribute to 

reducing management uncertainty by 

providing better estimates of harvesting 

effort and the timing of harvest, thereby 

improving management design and 

responsiveness. More accurate and 

reliable catch data allows for more 

informed management. 

The absence of a federal permit 

system, or mandatory federal reporting 

requirements, has been identified as a 

major contributor to the lack of fishing 

effort information in the U.S. Caribbean 

EEZ. A permitting system would allow 

better estimates for measuring fishing 

effort for the Council-managed fisheries 

while shedding light on the 

effectiveness of regulations 

implemented to manage that effort. 

Some of the needs and Issues that a 

permitting system could address in the 

EEZ: 

1. Provide accurate and timely data on 

landings. 

2. Allow estimation of catch per unit 

of fishing effort. 

3. Identify spatial and temporal trends 

in effort, including the relative 

importance of fishing to individual 

communities. 

4. Manage competing interests for the 

resource. 

5. Identify trends in the health of 

targeted fish stocks. 

6. Quantify the socioeconomic 

importance of permitted fishing sectors 

and mitigate negative impacts of 

management to fishing communities. 

7. Provide permitted fishers with a 

better understanding of their fishery and 

the opportunities and implications of 

management to that fishery. 

There are many aspects to 

implementing fishing permits in the 

U.S. Caribbean exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ) and many options regarding the 

design of a permit system. Options for 

developing and designing a permit 

system include, but are not limited to: 

1. Require commercial fishers to 

obtain a federal permit to fish in the 

U.S. Caribbean EEZ; 

2. Require commercial fishers to 

obtain a commercial fishing license 

from either Puerto Rico or the U.S. 

Virgin Islands (USVI) to fish in the U.S. 

Caribbean EEZ; 

3. Require commercial fishers to 

obtain a federal permit or a commercial 

fishing license from either Puerto Rico 

or the USVI to fish in the U.S. Caribbean 

EEZ 

4. Require a species/species group/

fishery-specific permit in the U.S. 

Caribbean EEZ; 

5. Require a gear-specific permit in 

the U.S. Caribbean EEZ; 

6. Require a dealer permit to purchase 

fish harvested from the U.S. Caribbean 

EEZ; 


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