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be likely to frustrate significantly 

implementation of an agency action as 

described in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(9)(B) shall 

be exempt from the provisions relating 

to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. 

app. 2 §§ 10(a)1 and 10(a)(3). The 

remaining portions of the meeting will 

be open to the public. 

For more information, call Yvette 

Springer at (202) 482–2813. 

Dated: October 22, 2010. 

Yvette Springer, 

Committee Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27219 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA007 

New England 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 New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a three-day meeting on Tuesday 

through Thursday, November 16–18, 

2010 to consider actions affecting New 

England fisheries in the exclusive 

economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, November 16, Wednesday, 

November 17 and Thursday, November 

18, 2010 starting at 8:30 a.m. each day. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ocean Edge Resort, 2907 Main 

Street, Brewster, MA 02631–1946; 

telephone: (508) 896–9000; fax: (508) 

896–9123. Requests for special 

accommodations should be addressed to 

the New England Fishery Management 

Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, 

Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: 

(978) 465–0492. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 

Following introductions and any 

announcements, the Council will hold a 

closed session to allow Council 

members to comment on 2011–13 

nominees to its Scientific and Statistical 

Committee. Following this agenda item, 

the Council will receive brief reports 

from the Council Chairman and 

Executive Director, the NOAA Fisheries 

Regional Administrator, Northeast 

Region, Northeast Fisheries Science 

Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council liaisons, NOAA 

General Counsel, representatives of the 

U.S. Coast Guard and the Atlantic States 

Marine Fisheries Commission, as well 

as NOAA Enforcement and the 

Chairman of the Research Steering 

Committee. There will be a review of 

any experimental fishery permit 

applications that have been received 

since the last Council meeting, and an 

open public comment period. This time 

is scheduled for any interested party 

who may wish to provide brief 

comments on issues relevant to Council 

business but not otherwise listed on the 

meeting agenda. Prior to a break the 

Council will discuss and approve 

management priorities for 2011–12. The 

afternoon session will begin with a 

report from the Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC). It will include an 

overview of the committee=s 2011 

schedule, approval of an acceptable 

biological catch (ABC) recommendation 

for Gulf of Maine winter flounder as 

well as the NEFMC=s five-year Council 

research recommendations, a summary 

of the committee=s ongoing discussion 

of ABC control rules, and a 

comprehensive overview of the SSC=s 

white paper on Ecosystem-based 

Fisheries Management. NMFS Deputy 

Assistant Administrator for Regulatory 

Programs Sam Rauch will discuss 

coastal and marine spatial planning 

with the Council and the day will end 

with an Enforcement Committee report 

concerning recommendations for 

standardized fixed gear marking in the 

EEZ. The Council is not likely to take 

further action on these proposals until 

it consults with partner fishery 

management organizations and 

conducts a more public process to 

solicit further review and comment. 

Wednesday, November 17, 2010 

Throughout most of the day, the 

Council will discuss and take final 

action on Framework Adjustment 22 to 

the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 

Management Plan. The primary purpose 

of the action is to set fishery 

specifications for the 2011–12 fishing 

years. Also included are measures to 

minimize the risk sea scallop gear/ 

incidental encounters with sea turtles. 

Additionally, the Council will review 

and finalize scallop research 

recommendations that will apply to the 

fishery management plan’s research setaside program and approve measures 

that will affect the general category 

scallop fishery. During this report, the 

Council will discuss the yellowtail 

flounder sub annual catch limit that will 

be allocated to the scallop fleet through 

Framework Adjustment 45 to the 

Northeast Multispecies FMP. Before 

adjournment for the day, Council 

members will consider a change to its 

skate management measures based on a 

re-analysis of skate discards provided by 

the Skate Plan Development Team. 

Thursday, November 18, 2010 

The final day of the meeting will 

begin with initial action on Framework 

Adjustment 7 to the Monkfish Fishery 

Management Plan. Management 

measures will address revisions to the 

biomass reference points, as well as a 

revised ABC and a Northern 

Management Area annual catch target 

(ACT). In view of the new ACT, a range 

of new management alternatives also 

will be considered. Finally, the 

monkfish discussion will include a 

summary of the development of 

Amendment 6 to the FMP, which will 

center on a catch share program for the 

monkfish fishery. The remainder of the 

day will be spent on multipsecies 

groundfish management-related issues. 

This will involve final action on 

Framework Adjustment 45 to the 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP). The major 

measures under consideration are: 

Possible adjustments to the yellowtail 

flounder sub annual catch limit as a 

result of action taken in Framework 22 

to the Scallop FMP; modifications to the 

Georges Bank yellowtail flounder 

rebuilding strategy and accordingly, the 

ABC; alternatives for revised status 

determination criteria and adjustments 

to the ABCs for pollock and Gulf of 

Maine winter flounder; total allowable 

catches for stocks harvested in the U.S./ 

Canada area for 2011; changes to the atsea and dockside monitoring provisions 

in the FMP; elimination of the Great 

South Channel yellowtail flounder 

spawning closures for the general 

category scallop vessels; protection for 

spawning cod in an area off the New 

Hampshire coast; and authorization for 

additional sectors. The Council also will 

discuss the issue of state-operated 

permit banks. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects of formal 

action during this meeting. Council 

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 Act, provided that the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 


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to take final action to address the 

emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: October 25, 2010. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27247 Filed 10–27–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Trade Mission to Mexico in 

Conjunction With Trade Winds 

Forum—The Americas 

I. Mission Description 

The United States Department of 

Commerce, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. and Foreign 

Commercial Service, is organizing a 

trade mission to Mexico, April 5–12, 

2011, in conjunction with the Trade 

Winds Forum—The Americas business 

forum in Mexico City, Mexico. U.S. 

trade mission delegation members will 

arrive in Mexico City on or before April 

5, 2011, to attend the opening ceremony 

of the Trade Winds Forum—The 

Americas. On April 11–12, 2011, trade 

mission participants will take part in 

business-to-business meetings in one (or 

two) of three select markets in Mexico: 

Mexico City, Guadalajara, and 

Monterrey. 

The 2011 Trade Winds Forum—The 

Americas program is a 4-day event that 

includes a pan-American (North, 

Central and South) business forum 

consisting of regional and industry 

specific conference sessions as well as 

pre-arranged consultations with 14 U.S. 

Commercial Service Senior Commercial 

Officers representing commercial 

markets throughout the entire Western 

Hemisphere. The trade mission to 

Mexico will provide participants with 

the opportunity to conduct business-tobusiness meetings with firms in Mexico. 

The mission is open to U.S. companies 

from a cross section of industries with 

growing potential in Mexico, including, 

but not limited to, best prospects such 

as energy (mining, oil and gas, electric 

power generation, renewable), defense 

and aerospace, telecommunications and 

information technology, environmental 

technologies, medical equipment, safety 

and security equipment, automotive 

parts and service equipment, and 

logistics and transportation. 

The combination of the Trade Winds 

Forum—The Americas business forum 

and the multi-sector trade mission to 

Mexico will provide participants with 

substantive knowledge and strategies for 

entering or expanding their business 

across Western Hemisphere markets and 

Mexico specifically. 

II. Commercial Setting 

As a neighboring country of the U.S. 

and member of North American Free 

Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Mexico is a 

natural market for U.S. exporters. U.S. 

trade with Mexico is increasing at a 

faster rate than our trade with many 

other important partners, including 

China. As outlined in the 2010 White 

House report to the President on the 

National Export Initiative (http:// 

www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ 

nei_report_9–16–10_full.pdf), Mexico is 

categorized as an immediate prospect 

for new to market companies in the next 

twelve months and beyond. Covering 

almost 1.2 million square miles, Mexico 

is one of the largest countries in Latin 

America. Its principal cities are: Mexico 

City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and 

Tijuana, all cities where the U. S. 

Commercial Service maintains offices to 

help American firms enter the Mexican 

market. 

Mexico is the second largest market in 

the world for U.S. exports and the 

world’s largest Spanish speaking 

country. Mexico has one of the highest 

GDPs in Latin America and the highest 

on a purchasing power basis among all 

the Spanish speaking countries of the 

western hemisphere. Given the 

magnitude of trade between the United 

States and Mexico, there are abundant 

opportunities for U.S. firms in Mexico. 

NAFTA, which was enacted in 1994 and 

created a free trade zone for Mexico, 

Canada and the United States, is the 

most outstanding feature in the U.S.- 

Mexico bilateral commercial 

relationship. In 2008, two-way U.S./ 

Mexico trade exceeded $1 billion per 

day. U.S.-Mexico bilateral trade 

increased 317% from $88 billion in 

1993 to $367 billion in 2008. While two 

way trade contracted by 17 percent in 

2009 due to the global economic 

downturn, it has rebounded in the first 

half of 2010, up 32 percent from the 

same time period in 2009, and up 4.5 

percent from the first half of 2008. 

The Mexican economy contains 

rapidly developing modern industrial 

and service sectors, with increasing 

private ownership. Recent 

administrations have expanded 

competition in ports, railroads, 

telecommunications, electricity 

generation, natural gas distribution and 

airports, with the aim of upgrading 

infrastructure. As an export-oriented 

economy, more than 90% of Mexican 

trade is under free trade agreements 

(FTAs) with more than 40 countries, 

including the European Union, Japan, 

Israel, and much of Central and South 

America. Over fifty percent of Mexico’s 

imports come from the United States. 

The focus of the Trade Winds 

Forum—The Americas mission to 

Mexico will focus on three key 

industrialized cities in Mexico: Mexico 

City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. Under 

the direction of the Senior Commercial 

Officer and Regional Security Officer, 

precautions for security advisories will 

be monitored and addressed as deemed 

necessary. 

Mexico City: Mexico City is one of the 

largest cities in the hemisphere and the 

world. Not only is this city of 20 million 

people the seat of the government, the 

capital is also Mexico’s financial center, 

a manufacturing and distribution 

powerhouse and is centrally located in 

a major industrial area that includes 

Toluca, Puebla and Queretaro. Mexico 

City’s Federal District produces 21.8% 

of the country’s gross domestic product. 

According to a study conducted by 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mexico City 

had a GDP of $390 billion in 2008, 

ranking as the eighth richest city in the 

world after the greater areas of Tokyo, 

New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Paris, 

London and Osaka/Kobe, and the 

richest in Latin America. Mexico City 

alone is the 30th largest economy in the 

world. There are opportunities in 

virtually every sector. Some of the most 

promising sectors in the Mexico City 

market include: Airport & ground 

support equipment, automotive parts & 

supplies, education & training services, 

environmental technologies & 

equipment, franchising, hotel & 

restaurant equipment, housing & 

construction, security & safety 

equipment, telecommunications 

equipment, transportation infrastructure 

equipment & services, and travel & 

tourism services. 

Guadalajara: Mexico’s second largest 

city is considered the ‘‘Silicon Valley’’ of 

Mexico and the de facto capital of 

western Mexico. In 2008, FDI Magazine 

ranked Guadalajara as the most business 

friendly city in Latin America. 

Guadalajara has the second largest 

economy and industrial infrastructure 

in Mexico, and contributes 37% to the 

state of Jalisco’s total gross production. 

Its economic base is strong and well 

diversified. Guadalajara is the main 

producer of software, electronic and 

digital components in Mexico. Telecom 

and computer equipment from 


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