[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 51 (Friday, March 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14203-14204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-05361]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF294


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, April 4, 2017 at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wentworth by the Sea, 588 
Wentworth Road, New Castle, NH 03854; 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 Advisory Panel will discuss alternatives being considered in 
Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan. Measures 
include alternative Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) control rules and 
measures to address potential localized

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depletion and user conflicts in the herring fishery. The Panel may 
recommend a final range of alternatives for the Committee to consider 
the following day. The panel will also review preliminary outcomes from 
the external peer review of the Management Strategy Evaluation of 
Atlantic herring ABC control rules held in March 2017. The Panel will 
also review the proposed action for the herring fishery in the Omnibus 
Industry Funded Monitoring (IFM) Amendment and make any necessary 
clarifications or adjustments. Other business will be discussed as 
necessary.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
This meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 
of the recording is available upon request. 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 14, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-05361 Filed 3-16-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P