[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68589-68590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE215]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a meeting of its Herring Committee 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 Thursday, September 12, 2024, at 
1:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This meeting will be held at the Four Points by 
Sheraton, One Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: (781) 245-
9300.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUkcOqppzkvE9x4YDMdirkPFTbBhoF1MQs5.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, New 
England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Herring Committee will meet to review recommendations from the 
Atlantic Herring Plan Development Team, ASMFC's Technical Committee and 
Atlantic Herring Advisory Panel. They will review draft Atlantic 
herring specifications and river herring and shad catch caps for 
fishing years 2025-2027 and recommend preferred alternatives to the 
Council. In response to the results of the 2024 management track stock 
assessment and to meet conservation and management objectives for 
Atlantic herring, possibly continue discussion on whether to recommend 
to the Council additional management measures, including the 
possibility of initiating a framework adjustment or considering in-
season adjustments for 2024 and 2025 catch limits, along with any other 
recommendations as appropriate. The

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Committee will make recommendations to the Council, as appropriate, and 
discuss other business, as necessary.
    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 Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 22, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-19225 Filed 8-26-24; 8:45 am]
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