Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 92 / Thursday, May 13, 2010 / Notices 26921 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW42 

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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) Joint 

Spiny Dogfish Committee and Advisory 

Panel will hold a meeting via webinar. 

DATES: The webinar will be held on 

Thursday, June 3, 2010, from 9 a.m. to 

12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The webinar will be held at 

the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, 

Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674– 

2331. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, 

Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674– 

2331, extension 255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting will be to review 

scoping comments and consider action 

alternatives for inclusion in 

Amendment 3 to the Spiny Dogfish 

FMP. 

Details concerning participation on 

the webinar will be posted on the 

Council’s website at www.mafmc.org. 

Interested members of the public may 

observe via computer and/or phone 

access or may attend the meeting in 

person at the Mid-Atlantic Council 

offices located at 800 North State Street, 

Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901. 

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 

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 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: May 7, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW43 

South Atlantic 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 Eight Regional Fishery 

Management Councils will convene a 

meeting of representatives of their 

respective Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSCs) at the Charleston 

Marriott, Charleston, SC. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

October 19–21, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Charleston Marriott, 170 Lockwood 

Boulevard, Charleston SC 29403; 

telephone: (843) 968–3569. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson or John Carmichael at the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 

4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, North 

Charleston, SC 29405; telephone: (843) 

571–4366. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation 

and Management Act (MSA) requires 

that each Council maintain and utilize 

its SSCs to assist in the development, 

collection, evaluation, and peer review 

of information relevant to the 

development and amendment of fishery 

management plans (FMPs). In addition, 

the MSA mandates that each SSC shall 

provide its Council ongoing scientific 

advice for fishery management 

decisions, including recommendations 

for acceptable biological catch (ABC), 

preventing overfishing, maximum 

sustainable yield, and achieving 

rebuilding targets, and reports on stock 

status and health, bycatch, habitat 

status, social and economic impacts of 

management measures, and 

sustainability of fishing practices. 

On January 16, 2009, the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued 

final revised guidelines for National 

Standard 1 (NS1) of the MSA on how to 

comply with the new annual catch limit 

(ACL) requirements for ending 

overfishing of federal fisheries. The law 

requires that ACLs be implemented by 

2011. The primary objective of this 

workshop is to discuss best practices 

and approaches for setting scientifically 

based catch limits and to discuss 

regional peer review programs. 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010; 9 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

SSC progress reports on ABC control 

rule implementation, review of regional 

peer review programs. 

Wednesday, October 20, 2010; 8 a.m. - 

5 p.m. 

Role of SSCs in peer review programs; 

acceptance of peer review results; 

developing fishing level 

recommendations: using control rules 

and incorporating uncertainty. 

Thursday, October 21, 2010; 8 a.m. - 5 

p.m. 

Developing fishing level 

recommendations: options when 

infeasible, ensuring consistency and 

objectivity; After ABC: role of SSC in 

ACL and AM development, role of SSC 

in social and economic issues. 

The agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.fisherycouncils.org. 

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 aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 7 working days 

prior to the meeting. 


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