[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52254-52255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE137


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) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full 
Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 
Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; phone: (617) 567-6789; fax: (617) 
561-0798.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Advisory Panel (AP) plans to review the Draft 2016-18 Atlantic 
Herring Fishery Specifications Package and develop AP recommendations 
regarding the selection of final 2016-2018 Atlantic herring fishery 
specifications; the 2016-18 specifications will address overfishing 
levels and acceptable biological catch, management uncertainty, optimum 
yield and a stock-wide annual catch limit (ACL) for Atlantic herring, 
Domestic Annual Harvest, Domestic Annual Processing, U.S. At-Sea 
Processing, Border Transfer, sub-ACLs (quotas) for each of the four 
Atlantic herring management areas, seasonal (monthly) sub-ACL 
allocations, research set-asides, set-asides for fixed gear fisheries, 
and annual gear/area-specific catch caps for river herring/shad (RH/S). 
They also plan to review/discuss the Draft Environmental Assessment for 
the NMFS-led omnibus Industry-Funded Monitoring (IFM) Amendment; review 
options under consideration to establish IFM in the Atlantic herring 
fishery and

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develop recommendations regarding the selection of a preferred 
alternative. They will also discuss other business as necessary.
    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 the meeting. Action will be restricted to those 
issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after 
publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 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 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: August 25, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-21350 Filed 8-27-15; 8:45 am]
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