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Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Gail Bendixen at
(907) 271–2809 at least 7 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 7, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013–11149 Filed 5–9–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC674
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 (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Monkfish Committee on May 29, 2013
and May 30, 2013 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
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 10 a.m.
and Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held at the Hotel
Providence, 139 Mathewson Street,
Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401)
861–8000; fax: (401) 732–9309.
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: The
Monkfish Oversight Committee will: (1)
Provide an assessment update review;
(2) report on the May 16 Scientific and
Statistical Committee meeting and
recommendations for Allowable
Biological Catch (ABC); (3) report on the
April 30 Plan Development Team (PDT)
meeting; (4) provide a presentation
outlining DAS/trip limit options
developed by the PDT; (5) discuss and
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develop recommendations to the New
England and Mid-Atlantic Councils for
a range of alternatives to be included in
Framework 8 including, but not limited
to, Annual Catch Targets (ACT—
applying management uncertainty to
ACL), the range of DAS/trip limit
alternatives (specifications), changes to
the permit category H fishery boundary
and any other options for DAS changes;
(6) discuss, including motions, as
appropriate, the range of alternatives to
be included in the Amendment 6
document, including possible removal
of the ITQ alternative; (7) discuss,
including development of
recommendations, as appropriate,
possible revisions to the pending
monkfish Emergency Action for the
2013 fishing year; (8) consider and
develop a recommendation to the
Councils that monkfish permit renewal
be required at the start of the fishing
year to address state waters fishing; (9)
time permitting, consider making
recommendations on changes to the
Research Set-Aside priorities; (10)
closed session to review/recommend
Advisory Panel applications.
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
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. 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: May 7, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC666
Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Highly Migratory Species Management
Team (HMSMT) will hold a meeting,
which is open to the public.
DATES: The HMSMT work session will
begin at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28;
8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 29; and
8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2013. On
each day, the meeting will continue
until business is completed.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held in the Pacific
Room, Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La
Jolla, CA 92037–1509.
Council address: Pacific Council,
7700 NE Ambassador Place, Suite 101,
Portland, OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kit Dahl, Pacific Council; telephone:
(503) 820–2280.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
HMSMT will discuss the following
topics:
1. An assignment from the March
2013 Council meeting in Tacoma, WA.
The Council directed the HMSMT to
identify potential measures that should
be implemented pursuant to the
precautionary management framework
for North Pacific albacore currently
under development at the international
level. The HMSMT will provide a report
with its recommendations at the June
20–25, 2013, Pacific Council meeting.
2. Response to finding by National
Marine Fisheries Service that Pacific
bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) is
overfished and recommendations for
Pacific Council response per Section
304(i) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Conservation and Management Act.
3. Work on the 2013 Stock
Assessment and Fishery Evaluation
document, which is prepared annually,
summarizing information from the
previous year.
4. Future work planning.
5. Informational topics related to
HMSMT responsibilities.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC674
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 Monkfish Committee on May 29, 2013
and May 30, 2013 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 Wednesday, May 29, 2013 at 10 a.m.
and Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hotel
Providence, 139 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone:
(401) 861-8000; fax: (401) 732-9309.
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: The Monkfish Oversight Committee will: (1)
Provide an assessment update review; (2) report on the May 16
Scientific and Statistical Committee meeting and recommendations for
Allowable Biological Catch (ABC); (3) report on the April 30 Plan
Development Team (PDT) meeting; (4) provide a presentation outlining
DAS/trip limit options developed by the PDT; (5) discuss and develop
recommendations to the New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils for a
range of alternatives to be included in Framework 8 including, but not
limited to, Annual Catch Targets (ACT--applying management uncertainty
to ACL), the range of DAS/trip limit alternatives (specifications),
changes to the permit category H fishery boundary and any other options
for DAS changes; (6) discuss, including motions, as appropriate, the
range of alternatives to be included in the Amendment 6 document,
including possible removal of the ITQ alternative; (7) discuss,
including development of recommendations, as appropriate, possible
revisions to the pending monkfish Emergency Action for the 2013 fishing
year; (8) consider and develop a recommendation to the Councils that
monkfish permit renewal be required at the start of the fishing year to
address state waters fishing; (9) time permitting, consider making
recommendations on changes to the Research Set-Aside priorities; (10)
closed session to review/recommend Advisory Panel applications.
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 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.
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: May 7, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-11155 Filed 5-9-13; 8:45 am]
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