[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-31325]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF111


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 Committee 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, January 11, 2017 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 1 
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: (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 Herring Committee 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 
committee may recommend preferred alternatives for the Council to 
consider for final action. The committee will 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 committee may recommend a range of alternatives for the 
Committee to consider including in Amendment 8 related to harvest 
control rule alternatives. The committee will also review public 
comments on the herring related measures being considered in the 
Omnibus Industry Funded Monitoring (IFM) Amendment. The committee may 
recommend preferred alternatives for the Committee to consider as well 
as address other business, 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 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 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: December 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-31325 Filed 12-27-16; 8:45 am]
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