[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8574-8575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02951]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA044]


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, March 3, 2020 at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, One 
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; 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 Herring Advisory Panel will discuss goals and objectives and 
potential range of alternatives to consider in Framework 7, an action 
to protect spawning of Atlantic herring on Georges Bank. The panel will 
have an initial discussion of Framework 8, an action considering 
herring fishery

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specifications for FY 2021-23 and adjust measures in the Herring 
Fishery Management Plan that potentially inhibit the mackerel fishery 
from achieving optimum yield. The Advisory Panel will have an 
opportunity to provide input on the Council's five-year research 
priorities related to the herring resource and fishery. The Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will host a public hearing 
on Addendum III. Addendum III is considering revisions to the days out 
program and quota management system in the Atlantic Herring Interstate 
Fishery Management Plan to better manage the Area 1A (inshore Gulf of 
Maine) sub-annual catch limit (ACL) under low quota scenarios. Staff 
from ASMFC will provide a summary of the draft addendum and there will 
be an opportunity for public comments. Other business may be discussed 
as necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained on this 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

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: February 10, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-02951 Filed 2-13-20; 8:45 am]
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