[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 81972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32793]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA107


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; 
Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a correction to a 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 original notice published in the Federal 
Register on December 23, 2010 (75 FR 80796). The notice is being 
republished in its entirety.
    The items of discussion in the committee's agenda are as follows:
    1. The Herring Oversight 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:
    <bullet> Adjust the fishery management program (administrative 
provisions, carrier vessels, transfers at sea, notification 
requirements, quota monitoring, reporting, and permit provisions);
    <bullet> Address at-sea monitoring, observer coverage levels, 
address maximized retention, and maximize sampling and address net 
slippage;
    <bullet> Address portside sampling, portside sampling program 
design, and measures to verify self-reported landings;
    2. They will 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, management alternatives to apply to those hotspots 
(monitoring, avoidance, protection), and/or catch caps for river 
herring;
    3. Also on the agenda is to review/discuss available information 
regarding the development of management measures to protect spawning 
fish in Amendment 5, develop Committee recommendations;
    4. They will also discuss development of alternatives to address 
midwater trawl vessel access to groundfish closed areas;
    5. The Committee 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); and
    6. Given time other business will 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: December 23, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-32793 Filed 12-28-10; 8:45 am]
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