[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 123 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 36043]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14280]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XI60


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's (Council) 
Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting 
New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Holiday 
Inn, One Newbury Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960.
    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's 
agenda are as follows:
    1. The Groundfish Oversight Committee will continue to develop 
Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. 
Amendment 16 will adjust management measures as necessary to continue 
rebuilding of overfished groundfish stocks. The Committee will discuss 
measures for both the commercial and recreational components of the 
fishery at this meeting. The Committee will address questions raised by 
the Council concerning Committee proposals to develop specific 
allocations of six groundfish stocks to the recreational and commercial 
components of the fishery. The Committee will also discuss the 
implications of a recent Council proposal for managing Annual Catch 
Limits (ACLs) on these allocations. Other recreational issues that may 
be addressed include rationale for basing the allocation on different 
time periods, monitoring of recreational ACLs, and Accountability 
Measures (AMs) for the recreational fishery. The Committee will discuss 
several issues related to the commercial component of the fishery. 
These include monitoring requirements and a review of accountability 
measures for the commercial fishery. The Committee may also further 
discuss an effort control option raised at the June 2, 2008 Committee 
meeting an option that is based on a twenty-four hour clock and trip 
limits.
    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 withdisabilities. 
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 19, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-14280 Filed 6-24-08; 8:45 am]
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