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BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 112205D] Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Trawl Survey Advisory Panel, composed of representatives from the National Marine Fisheries Service's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), and several independent scientific researchers, will hold a public meeting.

DATES: December 14, 2005, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. and December 15, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Four Points, Philadelphia Airport, 4101 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153 telephone 215-365-6000. *Council Address* : Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S.

New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904, telephone 302-674-2331, ext. 19. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review the results of the October Northeast Fisheries Science Center's experimental trawl survey cruise and begin to develop and evaluate survey protocols for the new survey. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office at least five days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: November 22, 2005. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5-6554 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 112205C] New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; committee meeting.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, December 12, 2005, from 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. ADDRESSES: *Meeting address* : The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960; telephone:

(978)535-4600. *Council address* : New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978)465-0492. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the committee's agenda are as follows: Agenda for Monday, December 12, 2005 1. The Committee will continue development of Framework Adjustment 42 (FW 42) to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. FW 42 adjusts management measures in order to continue the rebuilding programs established by Amendment 13. After receiving a report from the Groundfish Advisory Panel, the Committee will further refine the proposed management measures as necessary. They will also discuss the application for formation of a fixed gear sector. Finally, the Committee may begin to develop recommendations on specific measures for the Council's consideration at a future meeting. The Committee may also consider other business. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES ) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.* Dated: November 22, 2005. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5-6553 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [I.D. 112205B] Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeastern Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Gulf of Mexico Gag Grouper; South Atlantic Gag Grouper AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of SEDAR Workshops for Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic gag grouper. SUMMARY: The SEDAR assessments of the Gulf of Mexico stock of gag grouper and the South Atlantic stock of gag grouper will consist of a series of three workshops: a Data Workshop, an Assessment Workshop, and a Review Workshop. This is the tenth SEDAR. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . DATES: The Data Workshop will take place January 23-27, 2006; the Assessment Workshop will take place May 1-5, 2006; the Review Workshop will take place June 26-30, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . ADDRESSES: The Data Workshop will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites, 181 Church Street, Charleston SC 29401.

(877)408-8733. The Assessment Workshop will be held at the Wyndham Grand Bay, 2669 South Bayshore Drive, Miami FL 33133.

(305)868-9600. The Review Workshop will be held at the Doubletree Buckhead, 3342 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta GA 30326.

(404)231-1234. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Atran, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC), 3018 North U. S. Highway 301, Tampa, FL 33619. Phone:

(813)228-2815 or

(888)833-1844. John Carmichael, SEDAR Coordinator, 1 Southpark Circle #306, Charleston, SC 29414.

(843)571-4366. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commissions have implemented the Southeast Data, Assessment and Review (SEDAR) process, a multi-step method for determining the status of fish stocks in the Southeast Region. SEDAR includes three workshops: 1) Data Workshop, 2) Stock Assessment Workshop and 3) Review Workshop. The product of the Data Workshop is a data report which compiles and evaluates potential datasets and recommends which datasets are appropriate for assessment analyses. The product of the Stock Assessment Workshop is a stock assessment report which describes the fisheries, evaluates the status of the stock, estimates biological benchmarks, projects future population conditions, and recommends research and monitoring needs. The assessment is independently peer reviewed at the Review Workshop. The products of the Review Workshop are a Consensus Summary documenting Panel opinions regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the stock assessment and input data, and an Advisory Report summarizing stock status and recommending management criteria. Participants for SEDAR Workshops, appointed by the regional Fishery Management Councils, NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Regional Office (SERO), and NOAA Fisheries' Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC), include data collectors and database managers; stock assessment scientists, biologists, and researchers; constituency representatives including fishermen, environmentalists, and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs); International experts; and staff of Councils, Commissions, and state and federal agencies. SEDAR 10 Workshop Schedule: January 23-27, 2006; SEDAR 10 Data Workshop January 23, 2006, 1 p.m.-8 p.m., January 24-26, 2006, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and January 27, 2006, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. An assessment data set and associated documentation will be developed during the Data Workshop. Participants will evaluate all available data and select appropriate sources for providing information on life history characteristics, catch statistics, discard estimates, length and age composition, and fishery dependent and fishery independent measures of stock abundance. May 1-5, 2006 SEDAR 10 Assessment Workshop May 1, 2006, 1 p.m.-8 p.m., May 2-4, 2006, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., and May 5, 2006, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Using datasets provided by the Data Workshop, participants will develop population models to evaluate stock status, estimate population benchmarks and Sustainable Fisheries Act criteria, and project future conditions. Participants will recommend the most appropriate methods and configurations for determining stock status and estimating population parameters. Participants will prepare a workshop report, compare and contrast various assessment approaches, and determine whether the assessments are adequate for submission to the review panel. June 26-30, 2006. SEDAR 10 Review Workshop June 26, 2006, 1 p.m.-8 p.m., June 27-29, 2006, 8 a.m.-8 p.m., June 30, 2006, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. The Review Workshop is an independent peer review of the assessment developed during the Data and Assessment Workshops. Workshop Panelists will review the assessment and document their comments and recommendations in a Consensus Summary. Panellists will summarize recommended population parameter estimates in an Advisory Report. Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to the Council office (see ADDRESSES ) at least 5 business days prior to each workshop. Dated: November 22, 2005. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E5-6552 Filed 11-25-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Release From Embargo of Certain Chinese Textiles and Apparel Goods That Were Entered for Warehouse, Sent to General Order, or Admitted to a Foreign Trade Zone, Before November 8, 2005 AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textiles Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Directive to Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection. EFFECTIVE DATE: November 28, 2005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Philip J. Martello, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202)482-3400. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Section 204 of the Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1854); Executive Order 11651 of March 3, 1972, as amended. Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China Concerning Trade in Textile and Apparel Products, signed and dated November 8, 2005 (“Memorandum of Understanding”), CITA directs the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to allow entry of certain goods in embargo. In the letter published below, the Chairman of CITA directs the Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to allow entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, from November 28 through December 2, 2005, of all Chinese origin goods that

(1)currently are in a bonded warehouse within the customs territory of the United States or in a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a, *et seq.* );

(2)were entered for warehouse or sent to General Order within the customs territory of the United States, or admitted to a foreign trade zone established under the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 1934, as amended, before November 8, 2005; and

(3)were, at the time of export from China, subject to a quantitative restraint for one of the categories listed below, due to the application of Paragraph 242 of the *Report of the Working Party for the Accession of China to the World Trade Organization* . Category Restraint period 338/339 May 23, 2005-December 31, 2005. 347/348 May 23, 2005-December 31, 2005. 352/652 May 23, 2005-December 31, 2005. 638/639 May 27, 2005-December 31, 2005. 647/648 May 27, 2005-December 31, 2005. This release of certain embargoed goods excludes socks in categories 332/432/632part. See Memorandum of Understanding at n.3. Shipments allowed entry pursuant to the directive below will not be subject to staged entry limits. Any other shipments of goods from China subject to the quantitative restraints for the categories and restraint periods above, or to other quantitative restraints for goods exported from China prior to January 1, 2006, shall remain subject to the restraints previously established, and to staged entry procedures as laid out in the directives dated April 21, 2005, and November 4, 2005. This includes socks and other categories not listed above, and any shipment exported from China on or after November 8, 2005. Shipments of any Chinese-origin textile or apparel goods exported before January 1, 2006 are not subject to the quantitative restraints established in Annex I of the Memorandum of Understanding of November 8, 2005. CITA will publish instructions to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection concerning those restraints in a separate notice. Dated: November 23, 2005. James C. Leonard III, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Commissioner, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229 Dear Commissioner: Pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China, Concerning Trade in Textiles and Apparel Products, dated November 8, 2005, you are directed, effective on November 28, 2005, and for the period November 28, 2005 through December 2, 2005, to allow entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption Chinese origin goods that

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