[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 62587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24679]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC923


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
public meeting of its ABC Control Rule Working Group (ABC WG).

DATES: The meeting of the ABC Control Rule Working Group will be on 
Friday, November 8, 2013 and it will be held at the Doubletree by 
Hilton in Danvers, MA starting at 10 a.m. Additional meetings may be 
held between November 4, 2013 and January 31, 2014. Specific 
information about the dates, times and places for this meeting will be 
posted on the Council's Web site, http://nefmc.org/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ABC Control Rule Working Group will 
continue to prepare a work plan regarding how the New England Fishery 
Management Council (Council) may proceed in developing ABC (acceptable 
biological catch) control rules that incorporate a risk policy. The 
goal of the work plan will be to enable the Council to consider/approve 
a process for developing the risk policy as a 2014 Council priority. 
The work plan will be considered during the Council's discussion of 
2014 management priorities (November 2013 Council meeting).
    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: October 17, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-24679 Filed 10-21-13; 8:45 am]
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