New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 55338-55339 [2015-23107]
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The meeting will be held on
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, from 8:30
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time,
Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 8:30
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and
Friday, October 23, 2015, from 8:30 a.m.
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ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place
at the U.S. Access Board, 1331 F Street
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Annie Sokol, Information Technology
Laboratory, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau
Drive, Stop 8930, Gaithersburg, MD
20899–8930, telephone: (301) 975–2006,
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2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time, and Friday, October 23,
2015, from 8:30 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.
Eastern Time. All sessions will be open
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information systems, including
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following items:
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Homeland Security, National
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—Updates from Deputy Undersecretary
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Communications, U.S. Department of
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—Presentation from U.S. Department of
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Collection—Going Dark Initiative—
Overview, Challenges and Gaps,
—Updates on OMB Circular No. A–130
Revised, Management of Federal
Information Resources,
—Discussion on cybersecurity from
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission,
—Updates from Government
Accountability Office on information
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—Presentation from Federal Bureau of
Investigation on information
collection,
—Presentation from the
Communications Security, Reliability
and Interoperability Council (CSRIC)
on Cybersecurity,
—Legislative Updates relating to
cybersecurity,
—FedRAMP Updates on ‘‘High’’
baseline security controls,
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Justice on Cyber Norms,
—Discussion on Government adoption
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—Follow-up discussion with National
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Privacy,
—Discussion on Prevention of largescale breaches in Federal Databases
containing Personally Identifiable
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—Updates on NIST Computer Security
Division.
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SMA/ispab/. Seating will be
available for the public and media. No
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Public Participation: The ISPAB
agenda will include a period of time,
not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral
comments from the public (Friday,
October 23, 2015, between 10:00 a.m.
and 10:30 a.m.). Speakers will be
selected on a first-come, first-served
basis. Each speaker will be limited to
five minutes. Questions from the public
will not be considered during this
period. Members of the public who are
interested in speaking are requested to
contact Annie Sokol at the contact
information indicated in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this notice.
Speakers who wish to expand upon
their oral statements, those who had
wished to speak but could not be
accommodated on the agenda, and those
who were unable to attend in person are
invited to submit written statements. In
addition, written statements are invited
and may be submitted to the ISPAB at
any time. All written statements should
be directed to the ISPAB Secretariat,
Information Technology Laboratory, 100
Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National
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Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930.
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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 of public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council, NEFMC)
will hold a three-day meeting to
consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
September 29–October 1, 2015, starting
at 8:30 a.m. on each of the meeting days.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Radisson Plymouth Harbor Hotel,
180 Water St, Plymouth, MA 02360;
telephone: (508) 747–4900; fax: (508)
746–2609; or online at
www.radisson.com/plymouth-hotel-ma02360/maplyhar.
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; phone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
After introductions and any
announcements, the Council meeting
will open with the swearing-in of new
and reappointed Council members by
the Regional Administrator of NOAA’s
Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office (GARFO). The full Council will
then elect its 2015–16 officers to be
followed by brief reports from the
NEFMC Chairman and Executive
Director, the GARFO Regional
Administrator, the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council liaisons,
NOAA General Counsel and its Office of
Law Enforcement, and representatives
of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission, and U.S Coast Guard.
Next, the public will have an
opportunity to make brief comments on
items that are relevant to Council
business but otherwise not listed on the
published agenda.
Following a break at 12 p.m., the
NEFMC will receive reports from its
oversight committees. The Atlantic
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Herring Committee will provide
recommendations and the Council will
take final action on the fishery’s 2016–
18 specifications. These will include an
overfishing level (OFL) and acceptable
biological catch (ABC) based on
Scientific and Statistical Committee
advice, quotas for each of the four
Atlantic herring management areas as
well as monthly quota allocations,
research set-asides, and annual gear/
area-specific catch caps for river herring
and shad. The day will conclude with
the Council’s Observer Committee
report. This group will ask for approval
of a Draft Environmental Assessment
and draft omnibus amendment that
would establish provisions for industryfunded monitoring (IFM) across all
federally-managed fisheries in the
Greater Atlantic region and address
monitoring requirements on Atlantic
herring vessels. Additionally, the
discussion will include consideration of
Observer Committee and Herring
Committee recommendations regarding
the inclusion of any additional
management measures in the action, the
selection of preferred alternatives, and
approval of the Draft Omnibus IFM
Amendment for public comment.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday’s session will begin with
the receipt of recommendations from
the Council’s Scientific and Statistical
Committee on a Georges Bank yellowtail
flounder OFL and ABC for fishing years
2016–17; and an ABC recommendation
for the species in the Northeast skate
complex for fishing years 2016–18.
Next, a summary of the 2015
Transboundary Resources Assessment
Committee’s recent stock assessments
for Eastern Georges Bank cod, Eastern
Georges Bank haddock, and Georges
Bank yellowtail flounder will be
presented. This will be followed by a
discussion of and a decision on the
Transboundary Management Guidance
Committee’s (TMGC) recommendations
for the 2016 quotas for these same
stocks. The Council may also discuss
other TMGC issues. The Council’s
Groundfish Committee report will
follow and will contain a number of
elements: (1) Final Council action on
Amendment 18 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
(FMP), which focuses on accumulation
limits and fleet diversity; (2) an update
on the development of Framework
Adjustment 55 to the Northeast
Multispecies (Groundfish) Plan, which
would set specifications for all
groundfish stocks for fishing years
2016–18, and include the quotas for the
three U.S./Canada stocks mentioned
above for 2016 only; and (3) relative to
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Framework 55, consider including a
proposal to establish a new sector in the
groundfish fishery and possible changes
that might streamline the current at-sea
monitoring program.
Stevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The final meeting day will begin with
a briefing by Dr. Jason Link of NOAA
Fisheries on the agency’s EcosystemBased Fisheries Management Strategy.
The Council’s Habitat Committee will
discuss the possibility of initiating a
framework adjustment that would allow
hydraulic clam dredging in some
portions of the Great South Channel and
the Georges Shoal Habitat Management
Areas approved by the Council in
Omnibus EFH Amendment 2 and
review the status of and new
information associated with the
development of an Omnibus Deep-Sea
Coral Amendment. A discussion of
management priorities for 2016 will
occur just prior to a lunch break.
After the break, the Scallop
Committee will ask the Council to
identify preferred alternatives in
Amendment 19 to the Sea Scallop FMP.
The action is intended to expedite the
implementation date of the sea scallop
fishery specifications each year. An
update on the development of fishing
year 2016 specifications and default
measures for fishing year 2017 is also
scheduled. The Council will spend the
remainder of the day on its Small Mesh
Multispecies Program and the Northeast
skate complex. During the Small Mesh
Program agenda item the Council will:
(1) Receive a summary of the annual
monitoring report for the three species
in this group, red, silver, and offshore
hake, all of which are managed via the
Groundfish Plan; (2) consider an interim
adjustment to the fishery specifications
for red hake; and (3) review and approve
a draft scoping document for
Amendment 22 to the Groundfish Plan,
which would address limited access in
this fishery. During the skate discussion,
the Council will receive an update on
the status of the seven skate species in
the complex and recent catches. A
decision may also be made about
initiating a framework adjustment that
would allow the Skate Committee to
take the lead in developing
specifications for fishing years 2016–17.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subject 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-
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.
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Special Accommodations
Dated: September 10, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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 of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council, NEFMC)
will hold a three-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
September 29-October 1, 2015, starting at 8:30 a.m. on each of the
meeting days.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Plymouth Harbor
Hotel, 180 Water St, Plymouth, MA 02360; telephone: (508) 747-4900;
fax: (508) 746-2609; or online at www.radisson.com/plymouth-hotel-ma-02360/maplyhar.
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; phone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
After introductions and any announcements, the Council meeting will
open with the swearing-in of new and reappointed Council members by the
Regional Administrator of NOAA's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries
Office (GARFO). The full Council will then elect its 2015-16 officers
to be followed by brief reports from the NEFMC Chairman and Executive
Director, the GARFO Regional Administrator, the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council liaisons,
NOAA General Counsel and its Office of Law Enforcement, and
representatives of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, and
U.S Coast Guard. Next, the public will have an opportunity to make
brief comments on items that are relevant to Council business but
otherwise not listed on the published agenda.
Following a break at 12 p.m., the NEFMC will receive reports from
its oversight committees. The Atlantic
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Herring Committee will provide recommendations and the Council will
take final action on the fishery's 2016-18 specifications. These will
include an overfishing level (OFL) and acceptable biological catch
(ABC) based on Scientific and Statistical Committee advice, quotas for
each of the four Atlantic herring management areas as well as monthly
quota allocations, research set-asides, and annual gear/area-specific
catch caps for river herring and shad. The day will conclude with the
Council's Observer Committee report. This group will ask for approval
of a Draft Environmental Assessment and draft omnibus amendment that
would establish provisions for industry-funded monitoring (IFM) across
all federally-managed fisheries in the Greater Atlantic region and
address monitoring requirements on Atlantic herring vessels.
Additionally, the discussion will include consideration of Observer
Committee and Herring Committee recommendations regarding the inclusion
of any additional management measures in the action, the selection of
preferred alternatives, and approval of the Draft Omnibus IFM Amendment
for public comment.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Wednesday's session will begin with the receipt of recommendations
from the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee on a Georges
Bank yellowtail flounder OFL and ABC for fishing years 2016-17; and an
ABC recommendation for the species in the Northeast skate complex for
fishing years 2016-18. Next, a summary of the 2015 Transboundary
Resources Assessment Committee's recent stock assessments for Eastern
Georges Bank cod, Eastern Georges Bank haddock, and Georges Bank
yellowtail flounder will be presented. This will be followed by a
discussion of and a decision on the Transboundary Management Guidance
Committee's (TMGC) recommendations for the 2016 quotas for these same
stocks. The Council may also discuss other TMGC issues. The Council's
Groundfish Committee report will follow and will contain a number of
elements: (1) Final Council action on Amendment 18 to the Northeast
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP), which focuses on
accumulation limits and fleet diversity; (2) an update on the
development of Framework Adjustment 55 to the Northeast Multispecies
(Groundfish) Plan, which would set specifications for all groundfish
stocks for fishing years 2016-18, and include the quotas for the three
U.S./Canada stocks mentioned above for 2016 only; and (3) relative to
Framework 55, consider including a proposal to establish a new sector
in the groundfish fishery and possible changes that might streamline
the current at-sea monitoring program.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The final meeting day will begin with a briefing by Dr. Jason Link
of NOAA Fisheries on the agency's Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management
Strategy. The Council's Habitat Committee will discuss the possibility
of initiating a framework adjustment that would allow hydraulic clam
dredging in some portions of the Great South Channel and the Georges
Shoal Habitat Management Areas approved by the Council in Omnibus EFH
Amendment 2 and review the status of and new information associated
with the development of an Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment. A
discussion of management priorities for 2016 will occur just prior to a
lunch break.
After the break, the Scallop Committee will ask the Council to
identify preferred alternatives in Amendment 19 to the Sea Scallop FMP.
The action is intended to expedite the implementation date of the sea
scallop fishery specifications each year. An update on the development
of fishing year 2016 specifications and default measures for fishing
year 2017 is also scheduled. The Council will spend the remainder of
the day on its Small Mesh Multispecies Program and the Northeast skate
complex. During the Small Mesh Program agenda item the Council will:
(1) Receive a summary of the annual monitoring report for the three
species in this group, red, silver, and offshore hake, all of which are
managed via the Groundfish Plan; (2) consider an interim adjustment to
the fishery specifications for red hake; and (3) review and approve a
draft scoping document for Amendment 22 to the Groundfish Plan, which
would address limited access in this fishery. During the skate
discussion, the Council will receive an update on the status of the
seven skate species in the complex and recent catches. A decision may
also be made about initiating a framework adjustment that would allow
the Skate Committee to take the lead in developing specifications for
fishing years 2016-17.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be
the subject 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: September 10, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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