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    <description>Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government</description>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act  Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States;]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-07-5887</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS announces that the Administrator, Northeast (NE) Region, 
NMFS (Regional Administrator), is increasing the Georges Bank (GB) 
yellowtail flounder trip limit to 7,500 lb (3,402 kg) for NE 
multispecies daysatsea (DAS) vessels fishing in the U.S./Canada 
Management Area. This action is authorized by the regulations 
implementing Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management 
Plan and is intended to prevent underharvesting of the Total Allowable 
Catch (TAC) for GB yellowtail flounder while ensuring that the TAC will 
not be exceeded during the 2007 fishing year. This action is being 
taken to provide additional opportunities for vessels to fully harvest 
the GB yellowtail flounder TAC under the authority of the Magnuson
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MagnusonStevens Act).
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Correction ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23268</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS issues this correcting amendment to the Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) to correct typographical errors and update cross 
references in three sections of the Pacific halibut fishery 
regulations; definitions, catch sharing plan and domestic management 
measures in waters in and off Alaska, and prohibitions. This correcting 
amendment improves the accuracy of Pacific halibut fisheries 
regulations, makes minor, nonsubstantive changes, and does not change 
operating practices in halibut fisheries or the rights and obligations  of fishermen managed under the halibut regulations.<br/>
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibited  Species Bycatch Management]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23257</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS proposes to repeal regulations providing for a groundfish 
vessel incentive program (VIP) that was designed to reduce the rate at 
which Pacific halibut and red king crab are taken as incidental catch 
in Alaska groundfish trawl fisheries. The VIP has not performed as 
intended because of the cost associated with enforcement, the 
relatively small number of vessels impacted by the regulation, and the 
implementation of more effective bycatch reduction programs. This 
action is necessary to reduce a regulatory burden on the industry and 
to reduce the administrative costs necessary to support a program no 
longer considered an effective means to reduce bycatch rates.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act  Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States;]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23266</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS announces that the New England Fishery Management Council 
(Council) has submitted Amendment 11 to the Atlantic Sea Scallop 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) (Amendment 11), incorporating the Final 
Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) and the Initial 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA), for review by the Secretary of 
Commerce. NMFS is requesting comments from the public on Amendment 11. 
Amendment 11 was developed by the Council to control the capacity of 
the open access general category fleet. Amendment 11 would establish a 
new management program for the general category fishery, including a 
limited access program with individual fishing quotas (IFQs) for 
qualified general category vessels, a specific allocation for general 
category fisheries, and other measures to improve management of the 
general category scallop fishery.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of a Status Review  for Shortnose Sturgeon]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23258</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ We, NMFS, announce the initiation of a status review for 
shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser brevirostrum), and we solicit information 
on the status of, and factors and threats affecting, the species. The 
status review is intended to compile and analyze the best available 
information on the status of and threats to the species and also 
consider if shortnose sturgeon should be identified and assessed as 
Distinct Population Segments.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; An  On-ice Marine Geophysical and Seismic Programs in the]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23255</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  NMFS has received applications from CGGVeritas (Veritas) and 
Shell Offshore, Inc. (SOI) for Incidental Harassment Authorizations 
(IHAs) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to conducting 
an onice marine geophysical and seismic programs in the U.S. Beaufort 
Sea from February to May, 2008. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to 
issue two authorizations to Veritas and one authorization to SOI to 
incidentally take, by harassment, small numbers of three species of 
pinnipeds.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-11-30-E7-23206</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Crab 
Committee will meet December 1718, 2007, in Anchorage, AK.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Nov 30 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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