[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 78 (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20328-20329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7778]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 041207D]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Notice of an amendment to a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Pelagics (Whiting/Herring) Committee 
Meeting in May, 2007, 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.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire 
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048: telephone: (508) 339-2200; fax: (508) 339-
1040.
    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 meeting notice published in the 
Federal Register on April 19, 2007 (72 FR 19700).
    This notice serves as an amendment to that notice and is being 
published in its entirety with additions to the agenda.
    The Committee will continue development of alternatives for 
consideration in an amendment to address the management of small mesh 
multispecies (silver hake, red hake, offshore hake). The committee will 
also discuss alternatives for limited access qualification criteria and 
possible approaches for addressing historical fishery participants as 
well as possible approaches for managing the catch of small mesh 
multispecies in non-directed fisheries. The committee will continue 
development of alternatives for specifying Optimum Yield (OY) and 
discuss alternatives for total allowable catches (TACs) and TAC-based 
management in the small mesh multispecies fishery. In addition to 
working on the development of alternatives for an amendment to address 
small mesh multispecies, the Pelagics Committee will discuss whether 
the Council should require observer coverage on at-sea processors in 
the herring fishery and possibly make a recommendation to the Council 
on this issue. Other topics may be covered at the committee's 
discretion.
    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 Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: April 19, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-7778 Filed 4-23-07; 8:45 am]
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