[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 217 (Thursday, November 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55853-55854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24431]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG587


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's is convening an 
ad-hoc sub-panel of its Scientific and Statistical Committee. 
Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for 
formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 30, 2018 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Providence, 139 
Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903; phone: (401) 861-8000.
    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 is convening an ad-hoc 
sub-panel of its Scientific and Statistical Committee to review a 
report from the Fishery Data for Stock Assessment Working Group. The 
panel will review the working group's work on the following tasks: 
Explain how fishery dependent and fishery

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independent data are used in stock assessments, including how different 
data elements are used and interact in an age-based analytic 
assessment; Summarize the theoretical utility and limitations of using 
catch per unit effort (CPUE) and landings per unit effort (LPUE) as 
indexes of abundance for Northeast multispecies (groundfish) stocks, 
including recent efforts to create a CPUE for any of these stocks and 
the results of those efforts; Identify the fishery factors and fishery 
dependent data needed to create a CPUE that would be a reliable index 
of abundance for Northeast multispecies stocks--without regard to 
existing fishing practices, regulations, or monitoring systems; Compare 
the desired factors identified with existing conditions and data for 
the fishery through a gap analysis of factors and data needed, as well 
as the analytical approaches necessary, to create a CPUE that would be 
a reliable index of abundance for Northeast multispecies stocks. Other 
business will be discussed as needed.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Council 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. The public also should be aware that the meeting 
will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the 
recording is available upon request.

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: November 5, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-24431 Filed 11-7-18; 8:45 am]
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