[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 56 (Thursday, March 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12565-12566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-05771]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG096


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 Joint Herring Advisory Panel and 
Committee on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 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, April 4, 2018 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn 
Logan Airport, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 
567-6789.
    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 Advisory Panel (AP) will meet with the Herring 
Committee (CTE) to review and provide recommendations on a draft white 
paper considering the addition of river herring and shad as stocks in 
the Atlantic herring fishery. The AP and CTE will review the final

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report from the herring and mackerel fishery electronic monitoring 
project, as well as any associated correspondence. The group will 
consider whether electronic monitoring/portside sampling is an adequate 
substitute for at-sea monitoring coverage aboard mid-water trawl 
vessels, and make recommendations to the Council to consider as they 
relate to the Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment. The group will also 
discuss how recent river herring/shad bycatch accountability measures 
triggered in the mackerel fishery could impact the 2018 herring fishing 
season. The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is potentially 
considering measures to address this issue in the 2019-21 
specifications process. Other business may be discussed if 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 these meetings. 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. 
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 16, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-05771 Filed 3-21-18; 8:45 am]
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