Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 89 / Monday, May 10, 2010 / Notices 25843 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XW35 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC) Squid, 

Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee 

will hold a public meeting that also 

includes the Squid, Mackerel, and 

Butterfish Advisory Panel as well as the 

Amendment 11 Fishery Management 

Action Team (FMAT). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, May 26, 2010, from 10 a.m. 

to 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard Baltimore BWI Airport 

Hotel, 1671 West Nursery Road, 

Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410) 

859–8855. 

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) 526– 

5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of this meeting is to address 

outstanding issues within Amendment 

11 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 

Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. At 

the April 2010 MAFMC Council 

meeting, the SMB Committee requested 

that the Amendment 11 Fishery 

Management Action Team (FMAT), the 

SMB Advisory Panel, and the SMB 

Committee meet regarding mackerel 

limited access to resolve ongoing 

historical participation issues. These 

participation issues led the Committee 

to recommend delaying adoption of 

Amendment 11’s alternatives regarding 

mackerel limited access. The Committee 

will recommend further action pending 

the results of the May 26, 2010 meeting 

and the Council may take action on 

Amendment 11 at its June 2010 Council 

meeting in New York, NY. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, in 

accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

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 5, 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–XT64 

Notice of Public Review and Comment 

Period on NOAA’s Arctic Vision and 

Strategy 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration. 

ACTION: Request for comments. 

SUMMARY: The Arctic has profound 

significance for climate and functioning 

of ecosystems around the globe. The 

region is particularly vulnerable and 

prone to rapid change. Increasing air 

and ocean temperatures, thawing 

permafrost, loss of sea ice, and shifts in 

ecosystems are evidence of widespread 

and dramatic ongoing change. As a 

result, critical environmental, economic, 

and national security issues are 

emerging, many of which have 

significant impacts for human lives, 

livelihoods, and coastal communities. 

Though NOAA has numerous and 

diverse capabilities that support these 

emerging issues, a strategic approach 

that leverages NOAA’s existing 

priorities and strengths, as well as those 

of our national and international 

partners, is needed. This document 

provides a high-level framework and six 

strategic goals to address NOAA’s 

highest priorities in the region. It is 

based upon assumptions that the region 

will: continue to experience dramatic 

change; become more accessible to 

human activities; and, be a focus of 

increasing global strategic interest. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted by 

June 10, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods– 

• Electronic Submissions: 

strategic.planning@noaa.gov 

• Mail: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, Office of 

Program Planning and Integration, 1315 

East-West Highway, Room 15749, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tracy Rouleau, Office of Program 

Planning and Integration, at 

strategic.planning@noaa.gov or (301) 

713–1622 x187. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: To view 

the document, go to http:// 

www.arctic.noaa.gov/. 

I. Summary of the Strategy 

NOAA envisions an Arctic where 

decisions and actions related to 

conservation, management, and use are 

based on sound science and support 

healthy, productive, and resilient 

communities and ecosystems. The 

agency seeks a future where the global 

implications of Arctic change are better 

understood and predicted. 

NOAA will focus its efforts on the 

following six priority goals needed to 

realize this vision: 

(1) Forecast Sea Ice 

(2) Strengthen Foundational Science to 

Understand and Detect Arctic Climate 

and Ecosystem Changes 

(3) Improve Weather and Water 

Forecasts and Warning 

(4) Enhance International and National 

Partnerships 

(5) Improve Stewardship and 

Management of Ocean and Coastal 

Resources in the Arctic 

(6) Advance Resilient and Healthy 

Arctic Communities and Economies 

These goals were selected because 

they represent areas where NOAA can 

address urgent and timely issues that 

meet two key criteria: providing the 

information, knowledge, and policies to 

meet NOAA mandates and stewardship 

responsibilities, and providing the 

information, knowledge, and services to 

enable others to live and operate safely 

in the Arctic. 

Each goal also fulfills international 

goals and establishes, enhances, or 

leverages partnerships with other Arctic 

nations, international organizations, 

government agencies, and nongovernmental organizations, academia, 

and local communities. The goals are 

also geared towards generating large 

societal benefits relative to the resources 

required and strengthening NOAA’s 


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