[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 54433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22427]



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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 of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling and revising a public meeting of its Joint Skate/Whiting 
Committee and Whiting Advisory Panel on September 14, 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, 2011 at 9 
a.m.

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: The original meeting notice published on 
August 26, 2011, (76 FR 53417). The meetings were to be held on 
September 14 and 15, however, the meeting for September 15th is 
cancelled.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

    The Oversight Committee will review a Draft Final Skate 
Specifications Package for the 2012-13 fishing years and develop final 
recommendations for the September 2011 Council meeting. Beginning at 11 
a.m., 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 29, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22427 Filed 8-31-11; 8:45 am]
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