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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 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 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 3 business days 

prior to the meeting. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA251 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Groundfish Committee will meet to 

consider actions affecting New England 

fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 

(EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Crowne Plaza, 50 Ferncroft Road, 

Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 

777–2500; fax: (978) 750–7991. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul 

J. Howard, Executive Director, New 

England Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion in the committee’s agenda 

are as follows: 

The Groundfish Oversight Committee 

will meet to develop Framework 

Adjustment 46 (FW 46) to the Northeast 

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan, 

continue the discussion on an 

accumulation limits amendment, and 

begin preparations for a review of the 

first year of sector operations. FW 46 

will consider modifying the provisions 

of the current haddock catch cap for the 

herring fishery. 

The Committee will develop the 

specific details for three broad 

management options that were 

approved by the Council in January, 

2011. Once the specific measures are 

developed, the framework document 

will be completed and brought to the 

Council for a decision at the April 2011 

Council meeting. The Committee will 

also discuss possible management 

measures to protect cod in southern 

New England. The Committee may also 

discuss changes to Transboundary 

Management Guidance Committee 

operational procedures. The Committee 

will discuss goals and objectives for an 

amendment that may consider adopting 

accumulation limits and/or ownership 

caps for the multispecies fishery. 

Committee members will also begin to 

plan a review of the first year of 

operations under sectors; that review is 

anticipated. Other business may also be 

discussed. 

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 

identified 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 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul 

J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: February 23, 2011. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) 

Science Advisory Board (SAB); Notice 

of Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies 

for research, education, and application 

of science to operations and information 

services. SAB activities and advice 

provide necessary input to ensure that 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

TIME AND DATE: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, March 9, 2011, from 9:45 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Thursday, March 

10, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. 

These times and the agenda topics 

described below are subject to change. 

Please refer to the Web page http:// 

www.sab.noaa.gov/Meetings/ 

meetings.html for the most up-to-date 

meeting agenda. 

PLACE: The meeting will be held at the 

Hilton Washington Embassy Row, 2015 

Massachusetts Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20036. 

Please check the SAB Web site 

http://www.sab.noaa.gov for 

confirmation of the venue and for 

directions. 

STATUS: The meeting will be open to 

public participation with a 30-minute 

public comment period on March 9 at 

5 p.m. (check Web site to confirm time). 

The SAB expects that public statements 

presented at its meetings will not be 

repetitive of previously submitted 

verbal or written statements. In general, 

each individual or group making a 

verbal presentation will be limited to a 

total time of five (5) minutes. Written 

comments should be received in the 

SAB Executive Director’s Office by 

March 1, 2011 to provide sufficient time 

for SAB review. Written comments 

received by the SAB Executive Director 

after March 1, 2011 will be distributed 

to the SAB, but may not be reviewed 

prior to the meeting date. Seats will be 


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