[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 23201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10328]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF391


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; 
Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a correction of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Groundfish 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 Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Harborside, 250 
Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; phone: (603) 431-2300.
    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: The original notice published in the Federal 
Register on May 8, 2017 (82 FR 21372). An additional agenda item has 
been added to the original agenda. The entire new agenda is listed 
below. All other previously published information remains the same.

Agenda

    The Advisory Panel will discuss Amendment 23/Groundfish Monitoring. 
They will receive a report from the Groundfish Plan Development Team 
(PDT), review public scoping comments and Discuss and make 
recommendations to the Groundfish Committee on the scope, purpose and 
need, and range of alternatives for Amendment 23. The Panel will also 
review 2017 Council Priorities with a discussion of Atlantic halibut 
management, receive a report from the PDT and make recommendations to 
the Groundfish Committee. They will also discuss a possible 
reclassification of windowpane flounder stocks with a report from the 
PDT and make recommendations to the Groundfish Committee. The advisory 
panel will consider comments on the Interim Final Rule for 2017 and 
2018 Sector Operations Plans, including whether additional measures or 
restrictions should be recommended for Sector IX as a result of 
misreporting by sector vessels. Other business will be discussed as 
necessary.

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

    Dated: May 17, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-10328 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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