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completion of all items on the agenda, 

the meeting may be extended from, or 

completed prior to the date/time 

established in this notice. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Tina O’Hern at the 

Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–17653 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XQ47 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scientific and Statistical Committee to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). Recommendations from this 

group will be brought to the full Council 

for formal consideration and action, if 

appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Monday, August 10, 2009 at 1 p.m. and 

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich 

Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: 

(401) 732–6000; fax: (401) 739–5715. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Monday, August 10, 2009 

The Scientific and Statistical 

Committee (SSC) will review the 

Groundfish Plan Development Team 

calculations of Acceptable Biological 

Catch (ABCs) for groundfish stocks for 

the years 2010–12 using the guidance 

previously provided by the SSC; finalize 

the ABC recommendations; discuss 

upcoming meetings including the 

Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management 

Workshop, the September 2009 Council 

meeting, the National SSC Workshop, 

SAW/SARC terms of reference and 

committee timelines. 

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 

The Committee will review the 2009 

Herring TRAC Assessment results for 

the Atlantic herring complex and 

provide preliminary guidance to the 

Herring PDT regarding approaches to 

account for scientific uncertainty, 

specifying ABC and developing an ABC 

control rule; review quantitative 

analyses of uncertainty associated with 

the Overfishing Level and finalize a 

scallop ABC recommendation for 

fishing year 2010; review the 2008 Data 

Poor Working Group assessment results 

for red crab and provide preliminary 

guidance to the Red Crab Plan 

Development Team regarding 

approaches for accounting and scientific 

uncertainty, specifying ABC and 

developing an ABC control rule. 

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 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent 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, Executive Director, at (978) 

465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XQ45 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s Rural 

Community Outreach Committee will 

meet in Anchorage. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

August 12, 2009, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce 

Conference Room, Room ι304, 1016 

West 6th Avenue, Suite 304, Anchorage, 

AK. 

Council address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicole Kimball, NPFMC, telephone: 

(907) 271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Council’s 

Rural Community Outreach Committee 

will discuss organizational issues; ways 

to improve general and project-specific 

outreach with rural and Alaska Native 

communities; and the committee’s role 

in providing feedback on community 

impacts sections of analyses. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.noaafisheries.noaa.gov/ 

npfmc/. 

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 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail 

Bendixen, (907) 271–2809, at least 5 

working days prior to the meeting date. 


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Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–17656 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XQ44 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Public meeting of the South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

Law Enforcement Advisory Panel (AP). 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of its Law Enforcement 

Advisory Panel in North Charleston, SC. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

August 12–13, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 

International Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308– 

9330. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Law Enforcement Advisory Panel 

will meet from 1:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. on 

August 12, 2009, and from 8:30 a.m. 

until 4 p.m. on August 13, 2009. 

The Advisory Panel will receive 

updates from state and federal 

representatives regarding law 

enforcement activities and discuss 

issues relative to the Joint Enforcement 

Agreement (JEA) and current 

enforcement activities for the marine 

protected areas implemented in 

Amendment 14 to the Snapper Grouper 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for the 

South Atlantic. The AP will also receive 

updates on Vessel Monitoring Systems 

(VMS) programs in the Southeast Region 

and new location technology. 

AP members will receive an update 

on Amendment 17A to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP and develop 

recommendations relative to proposed 

area closures, including the number and 

location of waypoints, transit 

provisions, definitions of gear stowed, 

and other issues. The AP will receive an 

update on Amendment 17B to the 

Snapper Grouper FMP and develop 

recommendations relative to the 

prohibition of harvest of deepwater 

snapper grouper species beyond 240 

feet, including how to define the depth 

contour line including the number and 

location of waypoints, transit 

provisions, definition of gear stowed, 

and other issues. 

The AP will review Amendment 18 to 

the Snapper Grouper FMP, including a 

provision to expand the snapper 

grouper management unit northward, 

and Amendment 20 to the Snapper 

Grouper FMP involving revisions of the 

existing Wreckfish Individual 

Transferable Quota (ITQ) Program, and 

provide recommendations. AP members 

will receive an update on the status of 

proposed Limited Access Privilege 

Programs (Catch Share Programs), and 

the Council’s Ecosystem-Based 

Amendment 2 and provide 

recommendations as appropriate. 

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. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

equests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meeting. 

Dated: July 21, 2009. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E9–17655 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN: 0648–XQ43 

Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South 

Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting of the 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council’s (Council) Habitat and 

Environmental Protection (Habitat) 

Advisory Panel (AP). 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of its Habitat Advisory Panel in 

North Charleston, SC. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

August 11–12, 2009. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 

dates and times.. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn, 5265 

International Boulevard, North 

Charleston, SC; telephone: (843) 308– 

9330. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N. Charleston, SC 29405; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Members 

of the Habitat Advisory Panel will meet 

from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. on August 11, 

2009, and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon 

on August 12, 2009. 

The Advisory Panel will receive 

updates relative to the coordination of 

ecosystem-related activities including 

NOAA Fisheries’ Habitat Conservation 

Program, Ocean Observing Systems 

including Southeast Coastal Ocean 

Observing Regional Association 

(SECOORA) and the U.S. Integrated 

Ocean Observing System (IOOS), Navy 

activities in the South Atlantic Region, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s 

Strategic Habitat Conservation, and the 

South Atlantic Governor’s Alliance. The 

AP will also receive updates on regional 

ecosystem research including the 

Council’s Internet Mapping Server (IMS) 

and developing research server, Fishery 

Independent Research programs, 

National Marine Sanctuary Program, 

South Atlantic Research Project 

(SARRP), development of Aquatic 

Living Resources Indicators for the 


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