[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17948]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC49


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) VMS 
(Vessel Monitoring System)/Enforcement Committee will meet to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, October 1, 2007, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New England Fishery 
Management Council Office, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, 
Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: (978) 495-0492.

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:
    1. The VMS/Enforcement Committee will review a Question and Answer 
document to be developed by the Northeast Regional Office highlighting 
the most asked questions about VMS. They will examine the requirements 
to only change fishing code from inside the demarcation line to the 
follwing VMS fisheries: herring, scallops and northeast multispecies. 
They will also examine inconsistent and duplicate regulations with 
respect to utilizing VMS as a vehicle to change or remove them.
    2. The committee will approve/endorse the Law Enforcement Precepts 
from the Office of Law Enforcement.
    3. They will receive a written report from NMFS on the network 
outages by vendor and vessel missing position reports by vendor.
    4. Also on the agenda will be the review of an emergency contact 
list and discussion regarding distribution.
    5. 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: September 7, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-17948 Filed 9-11-07; 8:45 am]
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