[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2016)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 94310-94311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-30821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

RIN 0648-XF093


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 a public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel on Tuesday, 
January 10, 2017, 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.

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DATES: This meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 10, 2017, at 10 
a.m., to view the agenda see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 1 
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880: (781) 245-9300.
    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 will review alternatives and analyses prepared 
for Framework Adjustment 5 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP), an action considering modification of accountability 
measures (AMs) that trigger if the sub-ACL of Georges Bank haddock is 
exceeded by the midwater trawl herring fishery. The panel may recommend 
preferred alternatives for the Committee to consider for final action. 
The panel will also review preliminary outcomes from the recent 
workshop held in December, on Management Strategy Evaluation of 
Atlantic Herring Acceptable Biological Catch control rules being 
considered in Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring FMP. The panel may 
recommend a range of alternatives for the Committee to consider 
including in Amendment 8 related to harvest control rule alternatives. 
The panel will review public comments on the herring related measures 
being considered in the Omnibus Industry Funded Monitoring (IFM) 
Amendment. The panel may recommend preferred alternatives for the 
Committee to consider. 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, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting.

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

    Dated: December 19, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-30821 Filed 12-22-16; 8:45 am]
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