[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 246 (Thursday, December 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80796-80797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA107


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's (Council) Herring 
Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries 
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Clarion Hotel, 1230 Congress 
Street, Portland, ME 04102; telephone: (207) 774-5611; fax: (207) 871-
0510.
    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:
    1. The Herring Committee will continue development of catch 
monitoring alternatives for inclusion in Amendment 5 to the Atlantic 
Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP); alternatives include management 
measures to: Adjust the fishery management program (administrative 
provisions, carrier vessels, transfers at sea, notification 
requirements, quota monitoring, reporting, and permit provisions); 
address at-sea monitoring, observer coverage levels, address maximized 
retention, and maximize sampling and address net slippage; address 
portside sampling, portside sampling program design, and measures to 
verify self-reported landings.
    2. The Committee will also continue development of management 
measures and alternatives to address river herring bycatch for 
consideration in Amendment 5; alternatives may include identification 
of river herring hotpots and management alternatives to apply to those 
hotspots (sampling, monitoring, avoidance, protection).
    3. They will review/discuss available information regarding the 
development of management measures spawning fish in Amendment 5, 
develop Committee recommendations.
    4. They will develop recommendations for Council consideration 
regarding all of the management alternatives for inclusion in Amendment 
5 Draft EIS (catch monitoring program, measures to address river 
herring bycatch, access to groundfish closed areas, protection of 
spawning fish).
    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

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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: December 17, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-32216 Filed 12-22-10; 8:45 am]
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