New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 64480-64481 [2013-25570]
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Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 29, 2013 / Notices
Dated: October 23, 2013.
Patrick Gallagher,
Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards
and Technology.
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Fishery Management Council has been
notified of the results of SAW 55 and
has taken action to end overfishing and
rebuild these two stocks through
Framework 48.
Dated: October 18, 2013.
Emily H. Menashes,
Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Fisheries of the Northeast Region
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of a determination
of overfishing or an overfished
condition.
AGENCY:
This action serves as a notice
that NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary of
Commerce (Secretary), has determined
that Georges Bank (GB) cod and Gulf of
Maine (GOM) cod are subject to
overfishing and continue to be in an
overfished condition.
NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary,
notifies the appropriate fishery
management council (Council)
whenever it determines that overfishing
is occurring, a stock is in an overfished
condition, a stock is approaching an
overfished condition, or when a
rebuilding plan has not resulted in
adequate progress toward ending
overfishing and rebuilding affected fish
stocks.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Nelson, (301) 427–8565.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to sections 304(e)(2) and (e)(7) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act), 16 U.S.C.
1854(e)(2) and (e)(7), and implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 600.310(e)(2),
NMFS, on behalf of the Secretary, must
notify Councils whenever it determines
that a stock or stock complex is:
overfished; approaching an overfished
condition; or an existing rebuilding plan
has not ended overfishing or resulted in
adequate rebuilding progress. NMFS
also notifies Councils when it
determines a stock or stock complex is
subject to overfishing. Section 304(e)(2)
further requires NMFS to publish these
notices in the Federal Register.
The 2013 Stock Assessment
Workshop (SAW) 55, showed that
overfishing was occurring on both
Georges Bank cod and Gulf of Maine
cod, and that both stocks remain in an
overfished condition. The New England
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New England Fishery Management
Council (NEFMC); 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
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) on November 15, 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
Friday, November 15, 2013 at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held at the Omni Hotel,
1 West Exchange Street, Providence, RI
02903; telephone: (401) 598–8000; fax:
(401) 598–8200.
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
NEFMC’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC) will meet to specify
overfishing levels (OFLs) and develop
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)
recommendations for Atlantic sea
scallops for fishing years 2014 and 2015
(default) and for the Northeast Skate
Complex for fishing years 2014 through
2016. The Committee will consider
information provided to it by the
Council’s Scallop Plan Development
Team (PDT) and by the Skate PDT. The
Committee will also review the 2012
update assessment for Gulf of Maine
(GOM) haddock and the work of the
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Groundfish PDT in order to reconsider
ABC and OFL for GOM haddock for
fishing years 2013–15.
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: October 24, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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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; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its
Scallop Committee on November 14,
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
Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The
meeting will be held at the Omni
Providence Hotel, 1 West Exchange
Street, Providence, RI 02048; telephone:
(401) 598–8000; fax: (401) 598–8200.
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Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
National Climate Assessment and
Development Advisory Committee
(NCADAC)
The
Committee will continue development
of potential alternatives for FY2014 and
FY2015 (default) specifications being
considered in Framework 25.
Specifications include days-at-sea
allocations, access area allocations,
individual fishing quota (IFQ)
allocations for the general category
fishery, a hard total allowable catch
(TAC) for the Northern Gulf of Maine
(NGOM) area and target TAC for vessels
with a general category incidental catch
permit. The Committee will also finalize
other measures being considered: (1)
Measures for unused 2012 and 2013
Closed Area I access area trips; and (2)
accountability measures for Southern
New England/Mid Atlantic (SNE/MA)
windowpane flounder. The Committee
will make final recommendations for
the Council to consider for 2014 Council
work priorities. Finally, there will be a
presentation from the Northeast
Regional Ocean Council (NROC) about
regional ocean planning efforts,
specifically fishing characterization
maps that have been developed. Other
issues 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
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.
AGENCY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Special Accommodations
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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: October 24, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), Department of
Commerce (DOC).
ACTION: Notice of open meeting.
This notice sets forth the
schedule of a forthcoming meeting of
the DoC NOAA National Climate
Assessment and Development Advisory
Committee (NCADAC).
Time and Date: The meeting will be
held Monday, November 18, 2013 from
3:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Place: This meeting will be a
conference call. Public access and
materials will be available at the office
of the U.S. Global Change Research
Program, Conference Room A, Suite
250, 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20006. The public will
not be able to dial into the call. Please
check the National Climate Assessment
Web site for additional information at
https://www.globalchange.gov/what-wedo/assessment.
Status: The meeting will be open to
public participation with a 5-minute
public comment period from 4:45–4:55
p.m. The NCADAC expects that public
statements presented at its meetings will
not be repetitive of previously
submitted verbal or written statements.
In general, each individual or group
making a verbal presentation will be
limited to a total time of two minutes.
Written comments should be received in
the NCADAC DFO’s office by
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 to
provide sufficient time for NCADAC
review. Written comments received by
the NCADAC DFO after Wednesday,
November 13, 2013 will be distributed
to the NCADAC, but may not be
reviewed prior to the meeting date.
Special Accommodations: These
meetings are physically accessible to
people with disabilities. Requests for
special accommodations may be
directed no later than 12 p.m. on
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 to Dr.
Cynthia Decker, SAB Executive
Director, SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315
East-West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD
20910.
Matters To Be Considered: Please refer
to the Web page https://
www.nesdis.noaa.gov/NCADAC/
Meetings.html for the most up-to-date
meeting agenda, when available.
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Dr.
Cynthia Decker, Designated Federal
Officer, National Climate Assessment
and Development Advisory Committee,
NOAA, Rm. 11230, 1315 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland
20910. (Phone: 301–734–1156, Fax:
301–713–1459, Email: Cynthia.Decker@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Climate Assessment and
Development Advisory Committee was
established in December 2010. The
committee’s mission is to synthesize
and summarize the science and
information pertaining to current and
future impacts of climate change upon
the United States; and to provide advice
and recommendations toward the
development of an ongoing, sustainable
national assessment of global change
impacts and adaptation and mitigation
strategies for the Nation. Within the
scope of its mission, the committee’s
specific objective is to produce a
National Climate Assessment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dated: October 23, 2013.
Jason Donaldson,
Chief Financial Officer/Chief Administrative
Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; issuance of permits.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that six
individuals and institutions have been
issued Letters of Confirmation for
activities conducted under the General
Authorization for Scientific Research on
marine mammals. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for a list of names and
address of recipients.
ADDRESSES: The Letters of Confirmation
and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by
appointment in the following office:
Permits and Conservation Division,
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705,
Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301)427–8401; fax (301)713–0376.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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 Scallop Committee on November 14,
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 Thursday, November 14, 2013 at 9
a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Omni
Providence Hotel, 1 West Exchange Street, Providence, RI 02048;
telephone: (401) 598-8000; fax: (401) 598-8200.
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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 Committee will continue development of
potential alternatives for FY2014 and FY2015 (default) specifications
being considered in Framework 25. Specifications include days-at-sea
allocations, access area allocations, individual fishing quota (IFQ)
allocations for the general category fishery, a hard total allowable
catch (TAC) for the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) area and target TAC
for vessels with a general category incidental catch permit. The
Committee will also finalize other measures being considered: (1)
Measures for unused 2012 and 2013 Closed Area I access area trips; and
(2) accountability measures for Southern New England/Mid Atlantic (SNE/
MA) windowpane flounder. The Committee will make final recommendations
for the Council to consider for 2014 Council work priorities. Finally,
there will be a presentation from the Northeast Regional Ocean Council
(NROC) about regional ocean planning efforts, specifically fishing
characterization maps that have been developed. Other issues 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 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: October 24, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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