[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49466-49467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XY15


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's (Council) Herring 
Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 1, 2010 at 9:30

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a.m. and Thursday September 2, 2010 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton 
Harborside Hotel, 250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801: Telephone: 
(603) 431-2300; Fax: (603) 433-5649.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items of discussion in the committee's 
agenda are as follows:
1. Wednesday, September 1, 2010 beginning at 9:30 a.m.
    The Committee will review/discuss report from Herring Advisory 
Panel. They will also continue development of catch monitoring 
alternatives for inclusion in Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Herring 
Fishery Management Plan (FMP); alternatives may include management 
measures to: improve quota monitoring and reporting; standardize/
certify volumetric measurements of catch; address vessel-to-vessel 
transfers of Atlantic herring; address requirements for catch 
monitoring and control plans (CMCPs); address maximized retention; 
maximize sampling and address net slippage; address at-sea monitoring; 
address portside sampling; require electronic monitoring; and address 
other elements of catch monitoring in the Atlantic herring fishery. 
Other business may also be discussed.
2. Thursday, September 2, 2010 beginning at 9 a.m.
    The Committee will continue agenda from September 1, 2010 meeting 
to develop catch monitoring alternatives for inclusion in Amendment 5; 
discuss outstanding issues and other elements of Amendment 5. They will 
also develop management measures and alternatives to address river 
herring bycatch for consideration in Amendment 5. They will review/
discuss management measures under consideration to address interactions 
with the mackerel fishery. The Committee will develop recommendations 
for Council consideration regarding management alternatives for 
inclusion in Amendment 5 Draft EIS (catch monitoring program, measures 
to address river herring bycatch, access to groundfish closed areas, 
interactions with the mackerel fishery, protection of spawning fish). 
Other business may be discussed.
    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 this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Paul J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: August 10, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-19992 Filed 8-12-10; 8:45 am]
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