New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 58982 [2012-23549]
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Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to the
Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least
three (3) business days prior to the
meeting.
Dated: September 20, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–23547 Filed 9–24–12; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC256
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Groundfish Committee will meet to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Ashworth by the Sea Hotel, 295
Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, NH 03842;
telephone: (603) 926–6762; fax: (603)
926–2002. (508) 926–2002.
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:
The Groundfish Oversight Committee
will continue development of
Framework Adjustment 48 to the
Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan. The Committee will
receive reports from the Groundfish
Advisory Panel and the Recreational
Advisory Panel, and will consider the
recommendations of those panels. The
Committee will discuss possible
adjustments to sector management
measures and issues related to setting
Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs),
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Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), and
Accountability Measures (AMs). The
Committee will continue to develop
options to improve sector monitoring,
including both at-sea and dockside
monitoring. They may discuss different
funding mechanisms, appropriate
coverage levels, full retention of
allocated groundfish species, and ACE
carry-over provisions. With respect to
ABCs/ACLs/AMs, the Committee will
consider additional sub-ACLs for the
scallop fishery for stocks such as SNE/
MAB windowpane flounder. Issues
related to the scallop fishery that may be
discussed include the allocations of
yellowtail flounder to that fishery, and
changing the time that access is allowed
into the Georges Bank access areas. The
Committee may also develop options for
additional sub-ACLs for fisheries
outside the Council’s jurisdiction that
catch these stocks. Examples of fisheries
that may be affected include the fluke
and scup fisheries that are managed by
the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC) and the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission
(ASMFC), and the squid fisheries that
are managed by the MAFMC. The
Committee may decide to apply
accountability measures by gear for this
stock, rather than by FMP. Committee
members may also discuss additional
reactive AMs for wolffish, SNE/MA
winter flounder, and Atlantic halibut.
The Committee may also discuss other
issues that may be incorporated into the
framework, such as issues related to
Georges Bank yellowtail flounder
management. The Committee will
discuss recreational management
measures for FY 2013 and beyond.
Options identified by the Committee
will be included in a future
management action (Framework
Adjustment 48) that will be considered
by the Council in the fall of 2012. 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
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J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: September 20, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012–23549 Filed 9–24–12; 8:45 am]
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Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The South Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a joint meeting of its Deepwater
Shrimp Advisory Panel (AP) and Coral
Advisory Panel in Cape Canaveral, FL.
DATES: Members of the Deepwater
Shrimp AP and Coral AP will meet
jointly from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. on
October 18, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Radisson Resort at the Port, 8701
Astronaut Blvd., Cape Canaveral, FL;
telephone: (800) 967–9033; fax: (321)
784–3737.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim
Iverson, Public Information Officer,
South Atlantic Fishery Management
Council, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite
201, N. Charleston, SC 29405;
telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free:
(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520;
email: kim.iverson@safmc.net.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Issues to
be addressed at the meeting include: An
overview of the rock shrimp fishery and
of deepwater coral resources; options for
expanding Coral Habitat Areas of
Particular Concern (HAPCs); and transit
provisions through the Oculina Bank
HAPC. The joint APs will provide
recommendation to the Council.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in
accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those
issues may not be the subject of formal
action during this meeting. Actions will
be restricted to those issues specifically
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC256
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)
Groundfish Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 9
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ashworth by the Sea Hotel,
295 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton, NH 03842; telephone: (603) 926-6762; fax:
(603) 926-2002. (508) 926-2002.
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:
The Groundfish Oversight Committee will continue development of
Framework Adjustment 48 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery
Management Plan. The Committee will receive reports from the Groundfish
Advisory Panel and the Recreational Advisory Panel, and will consider
the recommendations of those panels. The Committee will discuss
possible adjustments to sector management measures and issues related
to setting Acceptable Biological Catches (ABCs), Annual Catch Limits
(ACLs), and Accountability Measures (AMs). The Committee will continue
to develop options to improve sector monitoring, including both at-sea
and dockside monitoring. They may discuss different funding mechanisms,
appropriate coverage levels, full retention of allocated groundfish
species, and ACE carry-over provisions. With respect to ABCs/ACLs/AMs,
the Committee will consider additional sub-ACLs for the scallop fishery
for stocks such as SNE/MAB windowpane flounder. Issues related to the
scallop fishery that may be discussed include the allocations of
yellowtail flounder to that fishery, and changing the time that access
is allowed into the Georges Bank access areas. The Committee may also
develop options for additional sub-ACLs for fisheries outside the
Council's jurisdiction that catch these stocks. Examples of fisheries
that may be affected include the fluke and scup fisheries that are
managed by the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) and the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), and the squid
fisheries that are managed by the MAFMC. The Committee may decide to
apply accountability measures by gear for this stock, rather than by
FMP. Committee members may also discuss additional reactive AMs for
wolffish, SNE/MA winter flounder, and Atlantic halibut. The Committee
may also discuss other issues that may be incorporated into the
framework, such as issues related to Georges Bank yellowtail flounder
management. The Committee will discuss recreational management measures
for FY 2013 and beyond. Options identified by the Committee will be
included in a future management action (Framework Adjustment 48) that
will be considered by the Council in the fall of 2012. 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: September 20, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-23549 Filed 9-24-12; 8:45 am]
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