[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 79 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19069-19070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-9497]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XO90


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) Herring 
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, May 14, 2009, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Harborside Hotel, 
250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 431-2300; 
fax: (603) 433-5649.
    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. Review/discuss management measures and alternatives under 
development in Amendment 4 to the Herring Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP); develop related Advisory Panel comments/recommendations for 
Herring Committee consideration.
    2. Advisory Panel discussion will focus primarily on catch 
monitoring alternatives and issues associated with feasibility, 
compliance, costs, and impacts on fishing operations; catch monitoring 
alternatives may include

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measures to address/increase at-sea monitoring, measures to improve 
quota monitoring and reporting, and measures to establish a dockside 
monitoring program for the herring fishery.
    3. Discussion of other issues in Amendment 4 may focus on the 
establishment of a process for annual catch limits (ACLs) and 
accountability measures (AMs), measures to address herring vessel 
access to groundfish closed areas, measures to address bycatch, and 
measures to address interactions with the mackerel fishery.
    4. 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: April 22, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-9497 Filed 4-24-09; 8:45 am]
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