[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 34145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-14628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint Observer and Herring 
Committees to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from these groups will 
be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if 
appropriate.

DATES: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by 
Sheraton (formerly Sheraton Colonial), 1 Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 
01880; telephone: (781) 245-9300; fax: (781) 245-0842.
    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: The committees plan to review and discuss 
updated information and analyses for the draft Environmental Assessment 
(EA) for NMFS-led omnibus amendment to establish provisions for 
industry-funded monitoring (IFM) across all Council-managed fisheries. 
They will also review and discuss the elements of options for industry-
funded monitoring in the Atlantic herring fishery, including at-sea 
monitoring, portside sampling, and electronic monitoring (EM); develop 
recommendations regarding the specific combinations of measures 
(``packages'') to be analyzed in the Draft EA. Additionally, they will 
review updated information related to herring/mackerel economic 
analysis in omnibus IFM amendment. The committees will also discuss 
other elements of IFM amendment and develop related recommendations, as 
appropriate. Other business will be discussed as necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. 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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: June 10, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-14628 Filed 6-12-15; 8:45 am]
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