[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27990-27991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11895]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XW49


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic 
andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and Tilefish Committee, its Research Set-Aside 
Committee (RSA), its Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish (SMB) Committee, 
its Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee, and its Executive 
Committeewill hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, June 8, 2010 through 
Thursday, June 10, 2010. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES:  The meetings will be held at the Radisson Martinique on 
Broadway, 49 West 32nd Street, New York, New York 10001; telephone: 
(212) 736-3800.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331, 
ext. 255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

    8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. - The Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, and Tilefish 
Committee will meet with its Advisors.
    11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. - The RSA Committee will meet.
    2 p.m. until 5 p.m. - The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee 
will meet with its Advisors.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

    8 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. - the Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 
Committee will meet.
    9:30 a.m. - The Council will convene at 9:30 a.m.
    9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. - The Council will receive a presentation 
regarding the outcome of the recent Transboundary Resource Assessment 
Committee's (TRAC) review of the status of Atlantic mackerel.
    10 a.m. until 12 noon - The Council Business Session will meet.

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    1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. - Surfclam and Ocean Quahog specification 
setting will be held for 2011-13.
    3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. - Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish 
specification setting will be held for 2011.
    4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. - The Executive Committee will meet.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

    8:30 a.m. - The Council will convene.
    8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. - The Council will review public comments 
and discuss the Omnibus ACL/AM Amendment (Annual Catch Limits / 
Accountability Measures).
    11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. - The Council will then receive Committee 
Reports and address any continuing and new business.
    Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council 
itself are:
    On Tuesday, June 8 - the Surfclam, Ocean Quahog and Tilefish 
Committee with Advisors will review the SSC and staff recommendations 
and advice for 2011-13 quota specifications and associated management 
measure for surfclams and ocean quahogs; develop 2011-13 quota 
specifications and associated management measures for Council 
consideration and action; and receive a presentation on Climate Change 
and Responses in a Coupled Marine System; the Mid-Atlantic surfclam 
(MASC) model is being developed as part of a multi-disciplinary study 
looking at adaptation to climate change in a human-natural coupled 
system. The RSA Committee will review the Mid-Atlantic RSA program 
performance and develop a mission statement to emphasize ways to 
improve program coordination with other cooperative research efforts. 
The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee with Advisors will review 
the SSC and Monitoring Committee's recommendations and SSC advice for 
2011 quota levels and associated management measures; develop 2011 
quota specifications and associated management measures for Council 
consideration and action; address Amendment 11's outstanding issue: cap 
capacity via a mackerel limited entry system; and, ratify earlier 
approved purposes / actions included in Amendment 11.
    On Wednesday, June 9 - the Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee 
will receive an annual presentation regarding NMFS NERO's habitat 
initiatives and programs. The Council will convene to receive a 
presentation on the outcome of the recent TRAC Assessment of Atlantic 
mackerel, conduct its Business Session, receive Organizational and 
Council Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report and receive an 
update on the status of Council FMPs. The Council will review the 
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee's recommendations for 2011-13 quota 
specifications and associated management measures, and develop and 
adopt 2011-13 quota specifications and associated management measures 
for surfclams and ocean quahogs. The Council will review the SMB 
Committee's recommendations for 2011 quota specifications and 
associated management measures, and develop and adopt 2011 quota 
specifications and associated management measures for Atlantic 
mackerel, squids, and butterfish. The Executive Committee will review 
highlights of the May Northeast Regional Coordinating Council (NRCC) 
meeting; review highlights of the May Council Coordination Committee 
(CCC) meeting; discuss the framework and the process to move forward 
with the ``Visioning'' project suggested at the end of the Council's 
March Catch Share Workshop; review and discuss Advisory Panel input in 
the specification setting process; and, discuss the status of the 
proposed surfclam excessive share analysis.
    On Thursday, June 10 - the Council will convene to review Public 
Hearing oral comments and written comments on the Omnibus ACL / AM 
Amendment; review the Tilefish trip analysis; address SMB Amendment 11 
allocation action and implications for ACLs / AMs; address the means to 
make future modifications to the ACL / AM Amendment; discuss the 
integration of the ACL / AM Amendment with Atlantic State Marine 
Fisheries Commission regarding annual specification setting processes; 
and, discuss the mechanics of how the August specification setting 
process will be actualized. Following this action, the Council will 
receive Committee Reports and discuss any continuing and new business.
    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 these 
meetings. 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

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aid should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 13, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-11895 Filed 5-18-10; 8:45 am]
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