[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16864]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF598


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 joint public meeting of its Whiting Committee and Advisory 
Panel on August 29, 2017 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: This meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 
Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 739-3000.
    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 Committee and Advisory Panel will receive an annual monitoring 
report and recommended 2018-20 specifications from the Plan Development 
Team (PDT). The report includes a summary of 2016 landings and 
estimated discards, as well as assessment updates for northern and 
southern stocks of red and silver hake. They will also receive a 
summary of impact analyses and recommendations for preferred 
alternatives in Draft Amendment 22 from the PDT. The committee and 
advisors will discuss and identify management priorities for 2018 as 
well as discuss and identify small-mesh multispecies fishery 
regulations that could be consolidated or eliminated to improve 
regulatory efficiency. The committee and advisors may identify a 
process and timeline for this work. Other business will be discussed as 
necessary.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with U.S.C. 1852, a copy of 
the recording is available upon request. 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 7, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-16864 Filed 8-9-17; 8:45 am]
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