[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 489-490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30933]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD690


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's (Council) 
Observer Policy Committee will meet to review scientific information 
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 22, 2015 beginning 
at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel Boston 
North Shore, 50 Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 
777-2500; fax: (978) 750-7991.
    Council Address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Agenda items:

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    The Observer Policy Committee will meet to: Review draft 
Environmental Assessment for NMFS-led omnibus amendment to establish 
provisions for industry-funded monitoring (IFM) across all Council-
managed fisheries; discuss details of the omnibus IFM amendment 
alternatives, review available information and analyses, and discuss 
Herring Committee recommendations regarding the options in the IFM 
amendment that address observer coverage on Atlantic herring vessels; 
develop Observer Committee recommendations regarding the selection of 
Preferred Alternatives for the omnibus IFM amendment and address other 
business as necessary.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: December 31, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2014-30933 Filed 1-5-15; 8:45 am]
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