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    <description>Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, Sep 7 2008 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop  Fishery; Framework Adjustment 20]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24907</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS issues this final rule to approve and implement measures 
contained in Framework Adjustment 20 (Framework 20) to the Atlantic Sea 
Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). This action maintains the trip [[Page 72627]]<br/>
allocations and possession limits established by the interim measures 
that were enacted by NMFS on June 21, 2007, for the Elephant Trunk 
Access Area (ETAA) in 2007 to reduce the potential for overfishing the 
Atlantic sea scallop (scallop) resource and excessive scallop 
mortality. This action reduces the number of scallop trips to the ETAA, 
and prohibits the retention of more than 50 U.S. bushels (17.62 hL) of 
inshell scallop outside ot the boundaries of the ETAA (deckloading). 
The action also clarifies that the current restriction on landing no 
more than one scallop trip per calendar day for vessels fishing under 
general category rules does not prohibit a vessel from leaving on a 
scallop trip on the same calendar day that the vessel landed scallops.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish  Fishery; Pacific Whiting Allocation]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24864</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS has determined that 6,000 metric tons (mt) of the 87,398 
mt shorebased sectors allocation would not be used by December 31, 
2007. Therefore, automatic action was taken to reapportion the surplus 
whiting.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Experimental Permitting Process,  Exempted Fishing Permits, and Scientific Research]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24866</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS proposes new and revised definitions for certain 
regulatory terms, and procedural and technical changes to the 
regulations addressing scientific research activities, exempted 
fishing, and exempted educational activities under the MagnusonStevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This action is necessary to 
provide better administration of these activities and to revise the 
regulations consistent with the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Reauthorization Act (MSRA). NMFS intends to clarify the 
regulations, ensure necessary information to complete required analyses 
is requested and made available, and provide for expedited review of 
permit applications where possible.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Marine Mammals; File No. 10095 ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24862</link>
  <description><![CDATA[  Notice is hereby given that the North Carolina Zoological 
Park, 4401 Zoo Parkway, Asheboro, NC 27205, has applied in due form for 
a permit to import two juvenile harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) for the 
purposes of public display.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Council Coordination Committee; Public Meeting ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24814</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ NMFS will host a meeting of the Council Coordination Committee 
(CCC), consisting of the Regional Fishery Management Council chairs, 
vice chairs, and executive directors in January 2008. The intent of 
this meeting is to discuss issues of relevance to the Councils, 
including FY 2008 budget allocations, implementation of provisions from  the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management <br/>
Reauthorization Act (MSRA), and scientific fisheries research 
activities.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24819</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will convene a 
public meeting of the Ad Hoc Recreational Red Snapper Advisory Panel 
(AP).
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  <guid>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24819</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[RIN: 0648-XE46 ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24815</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Steller Sea Lion Mitigation Committee (SSLMC) will meet in Seattle, WA 
at the Nexus Hotel (January 6) and the Alaska Fishery Science Center 
(January 7 and 8).
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  <guid>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24815</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24820</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Salmon 
Technical Team Klamath Subcommittee (STTKS) will hold a work session by 
telephone conference with members of the Yurok and Hoopa Tribes and 
additional agency personnel from the NMFS, United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the California Department of Fish and Game to 
continue review and development of an overfishing assessment for 
Klamath River fall Chinook (KRFC). This meeting of the STTKS is open to 
the public.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24816</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a public scoping meeting regarding Amendment 7 to the Shrimp 
Fishery Management Plan for the South Atlantic Region. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[  Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery  Management Council; Public Meetings]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24818</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Deepwater Shrimp Advisory Panel and Golden Crab 
Advisory Panel in Charleston, SC.
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  <pubDate>Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[RIN: 0648-XE48 ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2007-12-21-E7-24817</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico Fishery 
Management Councils (Councils) will hold a public scoping meeting 
regarding amending the spiny lobster fishery management plan to address 
the importation of spiny lobster products that do not meet U.S. 
conservation standards. The amendment will examine various alternatives 
to restrict imports of spiny lobster into the United States to a 
minimum acceptable length and/or weight. Spiny Lobsters are currently 
being imported below the U.S. minimum size limits. Much of the imported 
lobster does not meet the minimum size limits in the country of origin. 
This is adversely impacting recruitment throughout Florida and the 
Caribbean and, as a result, the status of spiny lobster in Caribbean 
and U.S. waters because of the distribution and dispersal of larvae.
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