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New England Fishery Management
Council (NEFMC); Public Meetings
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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a 3-day meeting on April 22–24,
2014 to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April
22; and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and
Thursday, April 23 and 24, 2014.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan Boulevard,
Mystic, CT 06355–1900. The telephone
number is (860) 572–0731. Information
can be found online at
www.hiltonmystic.com/.
Council Address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The Council meeting will begin with
introductions and brief reports from the
NEFMC Chairman and Executive
Director, the NOAA Fisheries Regional
Administrator, the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council liaisons,
NOAA General Counsel and NOAA Law
Enforcement, and representatives of the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard.
A report from the Council’s Scientific
and Statistical Committee (SSC)
Chairman will follow. Topics to be
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discussed include committee comments
on the proposed NOAA stock
assessment prioritization process,
recommendations on the use of multiple
models in assessments and the
development of catch advice, and a
summary of the SSC’s discussion on the
role of social scientists on the SSC.
Following a lunch break, the Council
Chairman will provide a briefing on the
recent East Coast Climate Change and
Fisheries Governance Workshop. The
Northeast Regional Planning Body will
report on its activities to coordinate and
manage the range of activities that occur
in the marine and coastal environment
in New England waters. The NEFMC
Herring Committee will ask the Council
to take final action on Framework
Adjustment 4 to the Atlantic Herring
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
During the discussion, the NEFMC will
consider alternatives to address several
measures disapproved in Herring
Amendment 5 (dealer weighing
requirements and measures to address
net slippage). The discussion also will
include input from the Herring
Committee and its Advisory Panel, and
the Council’s Enforcement Committee.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
During the second day of the meeting,
the Enforcement Committee will
provide its comments on NOAA
Fisheries revised penalty schedule for
fishery violations and possibly review
any comments on a proposed rule about
revised trawl gear stowage provisions. A
presentation will follow that will detail
Council and Greater Northeast Regional
Fisheries Office staff recommendations
on improvements to the preparation of
fishery management actions. The
Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s
Science and Research Director will
present information on costs associated
with the Northeast Observer Program.
Prior to a lunch break, the Council
intends to give its approval for an
omnibus amendment that would modify
New England and Mid-Atlantic FMPs
with respect to the use of standardized
bycatch reporting methodology.
Following the break, there will be an
opportunity for the public to provide
brief comments on items that are
relevant to Council business but are
otherwise not listed on the published
agenda. The Council will review and
discuss a revised timeline and process
to complete an amendment that will
address monitoring to be funded by the
fishing industry. The last two agenda
items for this day will include a
presentation on electronic monitoring
and other technologies with potential
for use in Northeast fisheries. During the
second item, the Council’s Research
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Steering Committee will discuss and
request input on and approval of
recommendations on research questions
that address groundfish fishery
information needs.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Council actions on the final day of the
meeting will focus on the Northeast
Multispecies (Groundfish) FMP. As part
of the development of Amendment 18,
the Council will consider alternatives to
address fleet diversity and accumulation
limits in the groundfish fishery and
could approve the range of alternatives
to analyzed in the associated Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
During discussions on Framework
Adjustment 52, an action to revise the
commercial groundfish fishery
accountability measures for southern
and northern windowpane flounder
stocks, the NEMFC may approve the
range of alternatives to be analyzed in
a DEIS for this action. The Council also
may consider an emergency action
request to implement an experimental
cooperative research program.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that 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 (see ADDRESSES) at least
5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 1, 2014.
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-XD221
New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold
a 3-day meeting on April 22-24, 2014 to consider actions affecting New
England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
starting at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22; and 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday
and Thursday, April 23 and 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan
Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355-1900. The telephone number is (860) 572-
0731. Information can be found online at www.hiltonmystic.com/.
Council Address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
The Council meeting will begin with introductions and brief reports
from the NEFMC Chairman and Executive Director, the NOAA Fisheries
Regional Administrator, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons, NOAA General Counsel and
NOAA Law Enforcement, and representatives of the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission and the U.S. Coast Guard. A report from the
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Chairman will
follow. Topics to be discussed include committee comments on the
proposed NOAA stock assessment prioritization process, recommendations
on the use of multiple models in assessments and the development of
catch advice, and a summary of the SSC's discussion on the role of
social scientists on the SSC. Following a lunch break, the Council
Chairman will provide a briefing on the recent East Coast Climate
Change and Fisheries Governance Workshop. The Northeast Regional
Planning Body will report on its activities to coordinate and manage
the range of activities that occur in the marine and coastal
environment in New England waters. The NEFMC Herring Committee will ask
the Council to take final action on Framework Adjustment 4 to the
Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP). During the discussion,
the NEFMC will consider alternatives to address several measures
disapproved in Herring Amendment 5 (dealer weighing requirements and
measures to address net slippage). The discussion also will include
input from the Herring Committee and its Advisory Panel, and the
Council's Enforcement Committee.
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
During the second day of the meeting, the Enforcement Committee
will provide its comments on NOAA Fisheries revised penalty schedule
for fishery violations and possibly review any comments on a proposed
rule about revised trawl gear stowage provisions. A presentation will
follow that will detail Council and Greater Northeast Regional
Fisheries Office staff recommendations on improvements to the
preparation of fishery management actions. The Northeast Fisheries
Science Center's Science and Research Director will present information
on costs associated with the Northeast Observer Program. Prior to a
lunch break, the Council intends to give its approval for an omnibus
amendment that would modify New England and Mid-Atlantic FMPs with
respect to the use of standardized bycatch reporting methodology.
Following the break, there will be an opportunity for the public to
provide brief comments on items that are relevant to Council business
but are otherwise not listed on the published agenda. The Council will
review and discuss a revised timeline and process to complete an
amendment that will address monitoring to be funded by the fishing
industry. The last two agenda items for this day will include a
presentation on electronic monitoring and other technologies with
potential for use in Northeast fisheries. During the second item, the
Council's Research Steering Committee will discuss and request input on
and approval of recommendations on research questions that address
groundfish fishery information needs.
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Council actions on the final day of the meeting will focus on the
Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) FMP. As part of the development of
Amendment 18, the Council will consider alternatives to address fleet
diversity and accumulation limits in the groundfish fishery and could
approve the range of alternatives to analyzed in the associated Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). During discussions on Framework
Adjustment 52, an action to revise the commercial groundfish fishery
accountability measures for southern and northern windowpane flounder
stocks, the NEMFC may approve the range of alternatives to be analyzed
in a DEIS for this action. The Council also may consider an emergency
action request to implement an experimental cooperative research
program.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council 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 that 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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: April 1, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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