[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41216-41217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-17569]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA561


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 (Council) Research 
Steering Committee (Committee) will hold a webinar.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 2, 2011, at 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The webinar will be held at the New England 
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 
01950; telephone: (978) 465-0492; fax: (978) 465-3116.
    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 purpose of the meeting is to respond to 
NMFS' request for additional information regarding adoption of the new 
eliminator trawl. The RSC will answer the following questions in the 
form of a recommendation to be reviewed by the Council's Executive 
Committee at its August 9th meeting:
    1. Is the Council's intent that the gear be available to both 
sector and non-sector vessels for use in the Haddock SAP and as a 
specified gear for the purpose of discard estimation? 2. Does the 
committee feel there is sufficient information to warrant treating the 
new eliminator trawl the same as the Ruhle trawl for the purpose of 
discard estimation, or does it recommend creating a new gear code due 
to potential for catch performance differences? 3. How does the 
committee evaluate the gear with respect to the Haddock SAP and Regular 
B-day program gear performance standards in the regulations?
    The research report on the gear in question is available at http://www.nefmc.org under Research Steering Committee meeting materials for 
the April 14th meeting. The public may obtain information about 
accessing the webinar by visiting the New England Council's Web site at 
http://www.nefmc.org.
    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 listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under

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section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 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, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: July 8, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-17569 Filed 7-12-11; 8:45 am]
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