New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 28237 [2015-11950]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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
Groundfish Committee 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, June 4, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be
held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1 Thurber
Street, Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401)
734–9600; fax: (401) 734–9700.
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 items
of discussion on the agenda are:
The Committee plans to discuss,
Framework Adjustment 55/Groundfish
Specifications, this action would set
specifications for all stocks in the
Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish)
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for
Fishing Year 2016 through Fishing Year
2018. They will also review the At-Sea
Monitoring Framework Adjustment.
They will review work of the
Groundfish Plan Development Team
and develop potential modifications to
at-sea monitoring requirements in the
groundfish sector program. They will
provide a brief update on Amendment
18 progress, (fleet diversity and
accumulation limits). Additionally, the
committee will receive an update on the
Monkfish Framework 9/Northeast
Multispecies Framework 54. This joint
action would modify Northeast
Multispecies regulations to allow the
declaration of a Northeast Multispecies
Day-At-Sea while at sea and the
reduction in minimum standup gillnet
mesh size in order to target dogfish.
They will also discuss other business as
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in this agenda may come
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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
The 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 13, 2015.
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
North Pacific Fishery Management
Council; Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The North Pacific Fishery
Management Council (Council) and its
advisory committees will hold public
meetings, June 1–9, 2015.
DATES: The Council will begin its
plenary session at 8 a.m. on Wednesday,
June 3, continuing through Tuesday,
June 9, 2015. The Scientific Statistical
Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on
Monday, June 1 and continue through
Wednesday, June 3, 2015. The Council’s
Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m.
on Tuesday, June 2, and continue
through Saturday, June 6, 2015. All
meetings are open to the public, except
executive sessions. The Council’s
Legislative Committee will meet
Tuesday, June 2 at the Westmark Hotel,
330 Seward Street, Founders Room,
Sitka, AK 99835, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: All meetings except for the
Legislative Committee meeting will be
held at the Centennial Hall, 330 Harbor
Drive, Sitka, AK.
Council address: North Pacific
Fishery Management Council, 605 W.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Witherell, Council staff;
telephone: (907) 271–2809.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Council Plenary Session: The agenda
for the Council’s plenary session will
include the following issues. The
Council may take appropriate action on
any of the issues identified.
1. Executive Director’s Report
(including Draft National Standard 1
(NS1) comments/legislative updates,
Fisheries Forum Information Network
(FFIN))
NMFS Management Report
ADF&G Report
NOAA Enforcement Report
U.S. Coast Guard Report
U.S. FWS Report
Protected Species Report
2. BSAI Crab: Plan team report;
Overfishing Levels/Acceptable
Biological Catch (OFL/ABC) for 3
stocks
3. Final Action—Bering Sea Halibut
Prohibited Species Catch (PSC)
4. Review Observer Program
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment (EA)
5. Review Observer Program Annual
Report
6. Review Observer Advisory Committee
(OAC) report
7. Electronic Monitoring (EM)
Workgroup report
8. Observer coverage on BSAI trawl
catcher vessels (CVs): Discuss
alternatives
9. Final Action on Observer coverage on
small Catcher Processors (CPs)
10. Determine priorities—Research
Priorities
11. Initial review—Adak crab offload (T)
12. Pacific cod modeling report (SSC
only)
13. Staff Tasking
The SSC agenda will include the
following issues:
1. BSAI Crab
2. Halibut PSC
3. Observer Issues
4. Review NS Guidelines
5. Research Priorities
6. Pacific cod modeling report
7. Adak crab offload
In addition to providing ongoing
scientific advice for fishery management
decisions, the SSC functions as the
Councils primary peer review panel for
scientific information as described by
the Magnuson-Stevens Act section
302(g)(1)(e), and the National Standard
2 guidelines (78 FR 43066). The peer
review process is also deemed to satisfy
the requirements of the Information
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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 Groundfish Committee 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, June 4, 2015 at 9:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn,
1 Thurber Street, Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401) 734-9600; fax: (401)
734-9700.
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 items of discussion on the agenda are:
The Committee plans to discuss, Framework Adjustment 55/Groundfish
Specifications, this action would set specifications for all stocks in
the Northeast Multispecies (Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan (FMP)
for Fishing Year 2016 through Fishing Year 2018. They will also review
the At-Sea Monitoring Framework Adjustment. They will review work of
the Groundfish Plan Development Team and develop potential
modifications to at-sea monitoring requirements in the groundfish
sector program. They will provide a brief update on Amendment 18
progress, (fleet diversity and accumulation limits). Additionally, the
committee will receive an update on the Monkfish Framework 9/Northeast
Multispecies Framework 54. This joint action would modify Northeast
Multispecies regulations to allow the declaration of a Northeast
Multispecies Day-At-Sea while at sea and the reduction in minimum
standup gillnet mesh size in order to target dogfish. They will also
discuss 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
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
The 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 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-11950 Filed 5-15-15; 8:45 am]
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