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Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Meeting of the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Advisory Panel

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 [Federal Register: February 21, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 34)]
[Notices]
[Page 7860-7861]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 013007A]

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 and a scoping meeting.

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SUMMARY: NMFS will hold a three-day Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
Advisory Panel (AP) meeting in March 2007. The intent of the meeting is
to consider options for the conservation and management of Atlantic
HMS. A scoping meeting will also be held during the AP meeting to
consider options for updating HMS essential fish habitat (EFH). Both
meetings are open to the public.

DATES: The AP meeting will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday,
March 13, 2007, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 14, 2007, and
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2007. The EFH scoping
meeting will be held during the AP meeting.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 8777
Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone: 1-301-589-0800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Douglas or Chris Rilling at 301-
713-2347.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation
and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 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) for 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: the HMS FMP (April 1999),
Amendment 1 to the HMS FMP (December 2003), Amendment 1 to the Billfish
FMP (April 1999), and the Consolidated Atlantic HMS FMP (February and
October 2006). The March 2007 AP meeting will focus on conservation and
management options

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for Atlantic tunas, swordfish, billfish, and sharks.
    NMFS published a notice of intent to prepare an environmental
impact statement and potentially amend HMS EFH regulations on November
7, 2006 (71 FR 65087). NMFS will hold a scoping meeting during the
March 13-15 AP meeting to discuss options for updating EFH.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Carol Douglas at (301) 713-2347, at least 7 days
prior to the meeting.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. and 1801 et seq.

    Dated: February 13, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-2892 Filed 2-20-07; 8:45 am]
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