[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33244-33245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14082]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XW89
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of open public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Marine Fisheries
Advisory Committee (MAFAC). This will be the second meeting to be held
in the calendar year 2010. Agenda topics are provided under the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. All full Committee
sessions will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held June 29 July 1, 2010, from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Prospector Hotel, 375
Whittier Street in Juneau, AK 99801; 907-586-3737.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive
Director; (301) 713-2239 x-120; e-mail: [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. 2, notice is hereby given
of a meeting of MAFAC. MAFAC was established by the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary) on February 17, 1971, to advise the Secretary on
all living marine resource matters that are the responsibility of the
Department of Commerce. This committee advises and reviews the adequacy
of living marine resource policies and programs to meet the needs of
commercial and recreational fisheries, and environmental, state,
consumer, academic, tribal, governmental and other national interests.
The complete charter and summaries of prior meetings are located online
at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/.
Matters To Be Considered
This agenda is subject to change.
The meeting is convened to hear presentations and discuss policies
and guidance on the following topics: status of the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill and NOAA actions including scientific activities, ensuring
seafood safety, assessing ecological and economic impacts, declaration
of Federal fishery disasters, and conducting natural resource damage
assessments; Office of Protected Resources programs and regulatory
responsibilities; development of the draft aquaculture policy;
recreational fisheries engagement; and NOAA strategic planning. Updates
will be presented on NOAA budgets, catch share policy, enforcement
activities, and the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force. The meeting
will include discussion of various MAFAC administrative and
organizational matters and meetings of the standing subcommittees.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Mark Holliday, MAFAC Executive
Director; (301) 713-2239 x120 by 5 p.m. on June 16, 2010.
Dated: June 7, 2010.
Eric C. Schwaab,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-14082 Filed 6-10-10; 8:45 am]
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