[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 37 (Wednesday, February 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10058-10059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03894]


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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.

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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 Management-Based 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-03894 Filed 2-24-15; 8:45 am]
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