[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 166 (Friday, August 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21882]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA665


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) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint Skate/Whiting Committee and 
Whiting Advisory Panel, on September 14-15, 2011, 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.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 14 and 
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 9:30 a.m. each day.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Providence, 21 
Atwells Avenue, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 831-3900; fax: 
(407) 751-0007.
    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: 

Wednesday, September 14, 2011-Thursday, September 15, 2011

    The Oversight Committee will meet jointly with the Whiting Advisory 
Panel to finalize and recommend potential management alternatives for 
Multispecies FMP Amendment 19 for the small mesh fishery (red hake, 
silver hake, offshore hake). These alternatives will include Annual 
Catch Limit (ACL) measures (allocations, buffers for management 
uncertainty, landings limits), Accountability Measures (AM), and 
possibly other measures to regulate the fishery and prevent catches 
from exceeding the ACL. Committee recommendations to include 
alternatives in Draft Amendment 19 will be made at the September 26-29 
Council meeting.
    If necessary, the Whiting Advisory Panel may meet separately during 
the meeting. The Skate/Whiting Oversight Committee will also review a 
final draft skate specifications package and make recommendations at 
the Council meeting. The Oversight Committee may discuss other business 
regarding whiting and skate management.
    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 
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: August 23, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-21882 Filed 8-25-11; 8:45 am]
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