[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 74 (Monday, April 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 17954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-X061


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; 
Correction

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

ACTION:  Notice; public meeting; correction.

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SUMMARY:  The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee 
on April 30-May 1, 2009 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. This document corrects the meeting time for 
the scheduled April 30, 2009 meeting and both meeting agendas.

DATES:  This meeting will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 9 a.m. 
and Friday, May 1, 2009 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton 
Ferncroft Hotel, 55 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 
777-2500; fax: (978) 750-7959.
    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:

Need for Correction

    The original document published at 74 FR 16364, April 10, 2009. The 
time change for the April 30, 2009 meeting has been corrected in the 
Dates section in this document. The agendas are corrected as follows:
Thursday, April 30, 2009
    The SSC will review methods proposed by the Groundfish Plan 
Development Team for determining acceptable biological catch, annual 
catch limits and accountability measures for the 19 stocks in the 
Northeast Multispecies complex and possibly discuss proposed rebuilding 
strategies for overfished groundfish stocks.
Friday, May 1, 2009
    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will review the 
Monkfish Plan Development Team's analyses for determining monkfish 
acceptable biological catch, annual catch limits and accountability 
measures and proposed methods for the development of Atlantic herring 
acceptable biological catch, annual catch limits and accountability 
measures.
    No additional changes have been made to the original and the text 
will not be repeated here.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: April 14, 2009
 Tracey L. Thompson,
 Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-8893 Filed 4-17-09; 8:45 am]
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