New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 71085 [2016-24875]
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 11, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–24877 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am]
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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.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE957
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
Dated: October 11, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–24875 Filed 10–13–16; 8:45 am]
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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
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 9:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post
Road, Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401)
739–3000.
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:
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SUMMARY:
Agenda
The Groundfish Committee will
receive reports from the Recreational
Advisory Panel and Groundfish
Advisory Panel. They plan to discuss
Framework Adjustment 56 (FW 56)
Specifications and Management
Measures. They will also discuss draft
measures and draft impact analysis for
FW 56 and make recommendations on
preferred alternatives to the Council.
Other business will be discussed 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
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Submission for OMB Review;
Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will
submit to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for clearance the
following proposal for collection of
information under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35).
Agency: National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Title: Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl
Rationalization Program Permit and
License Information Collection.
OMB Control Number: 0648–0620.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Request: Regular (revision
and extension of a currently approved
information collection).
Number of Respondents: 410.
Average Hours per Response: QS
permit/account application form—30
minutes; QS permit/account online
renewal—10 minutes; QS permit/
account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QS transfer—10 minutes; QP transfer
from QS account to vessel account—8
minutes; vessel account registration
request—15 minutes; vessel account
online renewal—10 minutes; vessel
account late renewal form—15 minutes;
QP transfer from vessel account to
another vessel account—8 minutes;
trawl identification of ownership
interest form for new entrants—45
minutes; trawl identification of
ownership interest form for renewals—
5 minutes; first receiver site license
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application form for new entrants—210
minutes; first receiver site license
application form for re-registering
license holders—110 minutes;
mothership permit renewal form—20
minutes; mothership permit change of
vessel registration, permit owner, or
vessel owner application form—45
minutes; mothership cooperative permit
application form—240 minutes; change
of mothership catcher vessel
endorsement and catch history
assignment registration form—45
minutes; mutual agreement exception—
60 minutes; mothership withdrawal—
120 minutes; catcher/processor
cooperative permit application form—
120 minutes; QS abandonment
request—10 minutes.
Burden Hours: 406.
Needs and Uses: This request is for
revision and extension of a currently
approved information collection.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq., provides that the
Secretary of Commerce is responsible
for the conservation and management of
marine fisheries resources in the
Exclusive Economic Zone (3–200 miles)
of the United States. NMFS West Coast
Region manages the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Fishery in the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) off of
Washington, Oregon, and California
under the Pacific Coast Groundfish
Fishery Management Plan.
In January 2011, NMFS implemented
a trawl rationalization program, which
is a catch share program, for the Pacific
Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Trawl
Fishery. The program was implemented
through Amendments 20 and 21 to the
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Management Plan and the
corresponding implementing
regulations at 50 CFR part 660.
Amendment 20 established the trawl
rationalization program that consists of:
An individual fishing quota (IFQ)
program for the shorebased trawl fleet
(including whiting and nonwhiting
sectors), and cooperative programs for
the at-sea mothership and catcher/
processor trawl fleets (whiting only).
Amendment 21 set long-term allocations
for the limited entry trawl sectors of
certain groundfish species.
Under the trawl rationalization
program, new permits, accounts,
endorsements and licenses were
established. These consist of: quota
share (QS) permits/accounts, vessel
accounts, first receiver site licenses,
mothership endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, mothership
catcher vessel endorsements on certain
limited entry trawl permits, catcher/
processor endorsements on certain
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE957
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 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 at 9:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081
Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; phone: (401) 739-3000.
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:
Agenda
The Groundfish Committee will receive reports from the Recreational
Advisory Panel and Groundfish Advisory Panel. They plan to discuss
Framework Adjustment 56 (FW 56) Specifications and Management Measures.
They will also discuss draft measures and draft impact analysis for FW
56 and make recommendations on preferred alternatives to the Council.
Other business will be discussed 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
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 11, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-24875 Filed 10-13-16; 8:45 am]
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