[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44095-44096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-17692]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC759
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Meeting of the Atlantic Highly
Migratory Species Advisory Panel
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a 4-day Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in September 2013. The intent of the
meeting is to consider options for the conservation and management of
Atlantic HMS. The meeting is open to the public.
DATES: The AP meeting will be held September 9 through September 12,
2013.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, 8777 Georgia
Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenni Wallace or Margo Schulze-Haugen
at (301) 427-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act, 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., as amended by the
Sustainable Fisheries Act, Public Law 104-297, provided for the
establishment of an AP to assist in the collection and evaluation of
information relevant to the development of any Fishery Management Plan
(FMP) or FMP amendment for Atlantic HMS. NMFS consults with and
considers the comments and views of AP members when preparing and
implementing FMPs or FMP amendments for Atlantic tunas, swordfish,
billfish, and sharks.
The AP has previously consulted with NMFS on: Amendment 1 to the
Billfish FMP (April 1999); the HMS FMP (April 1999); Amendment 1 to the
HMS FMP (December 2003); the Consolidated HMS FMP (October 2006);
Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, and 8 to the Consolidated HMS FMP
(April and October 2008, February and September 2009, May and September
2010, April and September 2011, March and September 2012, and January
2013); among other things.
At the September 2013 AP meeting, NMFS plans to discuss bluefin
tuna management issues in draft Amendment 7 to the 2006 HMS FMP; shark
management measures regarding rebuilding scalloped hammerhead and
blacknose sharks (Amendment 5a), rebuilding dusky sharks (Amendment
5b), and shark catch shares (Amendment 6); and swordfish management
measures (Amendment 8). The meeting will also include updates on
implementation of the 2012 ICCAT recommendations; electronic dealer
reporting; smoothhound shark management; and recreational monitoring
methods for Atlantic HMS fisheries.
The AP meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday,
September 9; from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 10; from
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 11; and from 8:30 a.m.
to 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2013. Additional information
on the meeting and a copy of the draft agenda will be posted prior to
the meeting at: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/
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Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Jenni Wallace at (301) 427-8503 at least 7 days
prior to the meeting.
Dated: July 18, 2013.
Kelly Denit,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-17692 Filed 7-22-13; 8:45 am]
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