New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting, 89375 [2023-28522]
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 2023.
Alyssa Lynn Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint
Herring Committee and Advisory Panel
via webinar 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 webinar will be held on
Friday, January 12, 2024, at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL
information: https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
4255528249751434588.
Council address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Agenda
The Herring Committee and Advisory
Panel will meet to discuss Amendment
10 (to minimize user conflicts related to
the Atlantic herring fishery): review
work from the Herring Plan
Development Team including a draft
scoping document, draft schedule for
public hearings, and compiling the past
public record relevant to this action.
This action will also consider river
herring and shad management measures
(e.g., catch caps or time/area closures).
They will also plan for the work ahead
in Council Priorities for Herring for
2024 as well as make recommendations,
as appropriate. Other business will be
discussed if necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained on the 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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has
been notified of the Council’s intent to
take final action to address the
emergency. The public also should be
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
of the recording is available upon
request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Cate
O’Keefe, Executive Director, at (978)
PO 00000
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465–0492, at least 5 days prior to the
meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 2023.
Alyssa Lynn Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific
Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel
Prices
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard exvessel prices.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes standard exvessel prices for groundfish and halibut
for the calculation of the observer fee
under the North Pacific Observer
Program (Observer Program). This
notice is intended to provide
information to vessel owners,
processors, registered buyers, and other
Observer Program participants about the
standard ex-vessel prices that will be
used to calculate the observer fee for
landings of groundfish and halibut
made in 2024. NMFS will send invoices
to processors and registered buyers
subject to the fee by January 15, 2025.
Fees are due to NMFS on or before
February 15, 2025.
DATES: The standard prices are valid on
January 1, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions about the observer fee
and standard ex-vessel prices, contact
Amy Hadfield at (907) 586–7376. For
questions about the fee billing process,
contact Charmaine Weeks at (907) 586–
7231. Additional information about the
Observer Program is available on NMFS
Alaska Region’s website at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/
fisheries-observers/north-pacificobserver-program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
Background
Regulations at 50 CFR part 679,
subpart E, governing the Observer
Program, require the deployment of
NMFS-certified observers (observers)
and electronic monitoring (EM) systems
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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) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Joint Herring Committee and Advisory
Panel via webinar 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 webinar will be held on Friday, January 12, 2024, at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4255528249751434588.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Agenda
The Herring Committee and Advisory Panel will meet to discuss
Amendment 10 (to minimize user conflicts related to the Atlantic
herring fishery): review work from the Herring Plan Development Team
including a draft scoping document, draft schedule for public hearings,
and compiling the past public record relevant to this action. This
action will also consider river herring and shad management measures
(e.g., catch caps or time/area closures). They will also plan for the
work ahead in Council Priorities for Herring for 2024 as well as make
recommendations, as appropriate. Other business will be discussed if
necessary.
Although non-emergency issues not contained on the 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 the public
has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to
address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting
will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the
recording is available upon request.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 21, 2023.
Alyssa Lynn Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-28522 Filed 12-26-23; 8:45 am]
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