[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 11558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03642]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF242


New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); 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 NEFMC External Peer Review 
Management Strategy Evaluation of Atlantic Herring Acceptable 
Biological Catch Control Rules from 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 Monday, March 13, 2017 through 
Wednesday, March 15 starting at 9 a.m. all three days.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites, Boston Logan 
Airport, 207 Porter Street, Boston, MA 02128: (617) 657-5000.
    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 New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is conducting 
a peer review of the Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) of Atlantic 
Herring Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) Control Rules. Atlantic 
herring, predators, and economic models were developed to evaluate 
control rules and performance metrics. Experts have been invited by the 
Council to evaluate the MSE methods, data, and results. The panel will 
evaluate whether the MSE is sufficient for the Council to use when 
identifying and analyzing a range of ABC control rule alternatives in 
Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. This 
public meeting will have designated times on the agenda when public 
comment is welcome.

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. This meeting will be 
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 
available upon request.

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

    Dated: February 21, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-03642 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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