New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 12709 [E8-4614]
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The Gulf Council office (see ADDRESSES),
and the National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) offices as follows:
St. Petersburg, FL
263 13th Avenue South, St. Petersburg,
FL 33701, Contact: Stephen Holiman,
telephone: (727) 551–5719;
Galveston, TX
4700 Ave U, Conference room - Bldg
305, Galveston, TX 77551, Contact:
Ronnie O’Toole, telephone: (409) 766–
3500;
Special Accommodations
The listening stations are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Tina Trezza at the
Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
working days prior to the meeting.
Dated: March 5, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Miami, FL
75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL
33149, Contact: Sophia Howard,
telephone: (305) 361–4259; and
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Panama City, FL
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3500 Delwood Beach Road, Panama
City, FL 32408, Contact: Janice Hamm,
telephone: (850) 234–6541.
The SEP will hold a conference call
to discuss Reef Fish Amendment 30–B.
Amendment 30B contains potential
management measures to define
overfishing and overfished thresholds
and an optimum yield (OY) target for
gag; end overfishing of gag; increase the
total allowable catch (TAC) of the red
grouper stock to its OY level; establish
recreational and commercial allocations
for gag and red grouper; establish
accountability measures for gag to
assure compliance with ending
overfishing; adjust commercial grouper
quotas and recreational grouper bag
limits; closed seasons; and/or size
limits; reduce discards and discard
mortality of groupers; establish a new
reef fish marine reserve and/or extend
the duration of the existing MadisonSwanson and Steamboat Lumps marine
reserves; and require that federally
permitted reef fish vessels comply with
the more restrictive of federal or state
reef fish regulations when fishing in
state waters.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before the
SEP for discussion, in accordance with
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnsuon-Stevens Act), those issues
may not be the subject of formal action
during the meeting. Actions will be
restricted to the issue specifically
identified in the agenda 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 SEP’s intent to take
action to address the emergency.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Groundfish Oversight Committee will
meet to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring
Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone:
(207) 775–2311.
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. The Groundfish Oversight
Committee will meet to continue
development of Amendment 16 to the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan. The Committee will
address a wide range of issues at this
meeting. These will include additional
development of effort controls for the
commercial fishery, such as days-at-sea
restrictions, trip limits, closed areas,
gear modifications, or other input
controls.
2. They will also further develop
Annual Catch Limit and Accountability
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Measure alternatives. Sector issues may
also be discussed, such as how sectors
participate in Special Access Programs
and technical issues with respect to
calculating each permit’s potential
sector contribution.
3. The Committee may also review
specific measures text, and may
consider other groundfish management
issues as time permits.
Recommendations developed by the
Committee will be reported to the
Council at a future meeting.
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: March 5, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN: 0648–XG16
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Skate
Committee, in March, 2008, 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN: 0648-XG15
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's (Council)
Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting
New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 27, 2008, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88
Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-2311.
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. The Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to continue
development of Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan. The Committee will address a wide range of issues at
this meeting. These will include additional development of effort
controls for the commercial fishery, such as days-at-sea restrictions,
trip limits, closed areas, gear modifications, or other input controls.
2. They will also further develop Annual Catch Limit and
Accountability Measure alternatives. Sector issues may also be
discussed, such as how sectors participate in Special Access Programs
and technical issues with respect to calculating each permit's
potential sector contribution.
3. The Committee may also review specific measures text, and may
consider other groundfish management issues as time permits.
Recommendations developed by the Committee will be reported to the
Council at a future meeting.
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: March 5, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-4614 Filed 3-7-08; 8:45 am]
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