[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 117 (Monday, June 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9558]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061306E]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Joint 
Herring Oversight Committee and Advisory Panel will meet to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 6, 2006, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 
Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-2311.
    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 and 
panel's agenda are as follows:
    1. Review and discuss 2006 Atlantic Herring Transboundary Resources 
Assessment Committee (TRAC) Assessment results;
    2. Review available updated herring fishery information.
    3. Develop preliminary recommendations for Atlantic herring 
specifications for the 2007-09 fishing years: allowable biological 
catch (ABC), optimum yield (OY), domestic annual harvest (DAH), 
domestic annual processing (DAP), joint venture processing (JVP), U.S. 
At-Sea Processing (USAP), Border Transfer (BT), Total Allowable Level 
of Foreign Fishing (TALFF).
    4. Develop options for total allowable catch (TAC) set-asides for 
research during the 2008 and 2009 fishing years.
    5. Develop area-specific TAC options (2007-09) for further analysis 
by Herring Plan Development Team (PDT).
    6. Discuss Amendment 1 submission status and related issues.
    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: June 14, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-9558 Filed 6-16-06; 8:45 am]
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