[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 12879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05547]


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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 meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel 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 Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury 
Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801; phone: (603) 431-8000; fax: (603) 431-
2065.
    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

    The Advisory Panel plans to discuss and provide recommendations to 
the Herring Committee on Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery 
Management Plan in regards to plans for a public workshop on the 
Management Strategy Evaluation of Atlantic Herring Acceptable 
Biological Catch control rules, Plan Development Team (PDT) analyses 
related to localized depletion in inshore waters and potentially 
develop a definition of localized depletion, a problem statement and 
related measures, and/or task PDT with additional analyses. The Panel 
also plans to discuss Georges Bank haddock catch cap accountability 
measures (AMs), specifically, plans to potentially develop a framework 
adjustment in 2016 to consider revising the AMs. Other business will be 
discussed as necessary.
    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 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: March 8, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-05547 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
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