Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 18889-18890 [2014-07540]
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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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ACTION:
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Notice of a public meeting.
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (Council)
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory
Panel will hold a public meeting.
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The meeting will be held on
April 23, 2014, from 9 a.m. until noon.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY:
DATES:
The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on webinar
registration and telephone-only
connection details are available at:
https://www.mafmc.org.
Council Address: Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 526–5255.
The
purpose of the meeting is to develop a
fishery performance report by the
Council’s Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Advisory Panel. The intent of this report
is to facilitate structured input from the
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory
Panel members to the Council and its
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC).
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
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act, provided the public has been
notified of the Council’s intent to take
final action to address the emergency.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 M.
Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic
Council Office, (302) 526–5251, 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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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Risk
Policy Working Group (formerly called
ABC Control Rule Working Group) 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.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be on Monday,
April 21, 2014, at 10 a.m.
ADDRESSES: Meeting Address: The
meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel,
20 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355;
telephone: (860) 572–0731; fax: (860)
572–0328.
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 Risk
Policy Working Group will begin the
development of a risk policy to serve as
guidance for ABC (acceptable biological
catch) control rules for Councilmanaged species. The working group
will discuss issues related to the
development of the Council’s risk
policy, including but not limited to
goals/objectives, umbrella approaches
versus species-specific approaches,
management strategy evaluation (MSE),
and approaches utilized by other
Councils. The working group will also
discuss the timeline for developing a
risk policy and identify milestones and
Council decision points. The working
group will also address other business
as necessary.
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
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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
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: April 1, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Marine Mammals; File No. 15324
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Alaska Department of Fish and
Game (ADF&G), Division of Wildlife
Conservation, Juneau, AK, (Principal
Investigator: Michael Rehberg), has
applied for an amendment to Scientific
Research Permit No. 15324 for taking
multiple pinnipeds species in Alaska.
DATES: Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
May 5, 2014.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the Features box on the
Applications and Permits for Protected
Species (APPS) home page, https://
apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting
File No. 15324 from the list of available
applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the 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.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council)
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on April 23, 2014, from 9 a.m. until
noon.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only
connection option. Details on webinar registration and telephone-only
connection details are available at: https://www.mafmc.org.
Council Address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street,
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to develop a
fishery performance report by the Council's Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Advisory Panel. The intent of this report is to facilitate structured
input from the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel members to the
Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
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 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
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council
Office, (302) 526-5251, 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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