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from those applications that are deemed 

complete. A qualified applicant is an 

applicant that has submitted a complete 

application by the deadline (see DATES) 

and has met the selection criteria listed 

above. Qualified applicants are eligible 

to be selected to participate in the shark 

research fishery for 2015. The HMS 

Management Division will provide the 

list of qualified applicants without 

identifying information to the SEFSC. 

The SEFSC will then evaluate the list of 

qualified applicants and, based on the 

temporal and spatial needs of the 

research objectives, the availability of 

observers, the availability of qualified 

applicants, and the available quota for a 

given year, will randomly select 

qualified applicants to conduct the 

prescribed research. Where there are 

multiple qualified applicants that meet 

the criteria, permittees will be randomly 

selected through a lottery system. If a 

public meeting is deemed necessary, 

NMFS will announce details of a public 

selection meeting in a subsequent 

Federal Register notice. 

Once the selection process is 

complete, NMFS will notify the selected 

applicants and issue the shark research 

fishery permits. The shark research 

fishery permits will be valid only in 

calendar year 2015. If needed, NMFS 

will communicate with the shark 

research fishery permit holders to 

arrange a captain’s meeting to discuss 

the research objectives and protocols. 

NMFS held mandatory captain’s 

meetings before observers were placed 

on vessels in both 2013 (78 FR 14515; 

March 6, 2013) and 2014 (79 FR 12155; 

March 4, 2014) and expects to hold one 

again in 2015. Once the fishery starts, 

the shark research fishery permit 

holders must contact the NMFS 

observer coordinator to arrange the 

placement of a NMFS-approved 

observer for each shark research trip. 

A shark research fishery permit will 

only be valid for the vessel and owner(s) 

and terms and conditions listed on the 

permit, and, thus, cannot be transferred 

to another vessel or owner(s). Issuance 

of a shark research permit does not 

guarantee that the permit holder will be 

assigned a NMFS-approved observer on 

any particular trip. Rather, issuance 

indicates that a vessel may be issued a 

NMFS-approved observer for a 

particular trip, and on such trips, may 

be allowed to harvest Atlantic sharks, 

including sandbar sharks, in excess of 

the retention limits described in 50 CFR 

635.24(a). These retention limits will be 

based on available quota, number of 

vessels participating in the 2015 shark 

research fishery, the research objectives 

set forth by the shark board, the extent 

of other restrictions placed on the 

vessel, and may vary by vessel and/or 

location. When not operating under the 

auspices of the shark research fishery, 

the vessel would still be able to land 

LCS, SCS, and pelagic sharks subject to 

existing retention limits on trips 

without a NMFS-approved observer. 

NMFS annually invites commercial 

shark permit holders (directed and 

incidental) to submit an application to 

participate in the shark research fishery. 

Permit applications can be found on the 

HMS Management Division’s Web site 

at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/

index.htm or by calling (301) 427–8503. 

Final decisions on the issuance of a 

shark research fishery permit will 

depend on the submission of all 

required information by the deadline 

(see DATES), and NMFS’ review of 

applicant information as outlined above. 

The 2015 shark research fishery will 

start after the opening of the shark 

fishery and under available quotas as 

published in a separate Federal Register 

final rule. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD597 

New England Fishery Management 

Council (NEFMC); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a 4-day meeting to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday through Thursday, November 

17–20, 2014. The Monday session will 

begin at 1 p.m., while the next three 

days will start at 8:30 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Marriott Hotel, 25 America’s Cup 

Avenue, Newport, RI 02840; telephone: 

(401) 849–1000 and fax: (401) 849–3422. 

For online information about the venue 

www.marriott.com/hotels/hotelinformation/travel/pvdlw-newportmarriott/. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; 

telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Counci; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Monday, November 17, 2014 

The Council meeting will begin with 

introductions, and brief reports from the 

NEFMC Chairman and Executive 

Director, the NOAA Fisheries Regional 

Administrator, Northeast Fisheries 

Science Center and Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council liaisons, 

NOAA General Counsel and NOAA Law 

Enforcement, and representatives of the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission and U.S. Coast Guard. 

Immediately after these reports, the 

Council will provide an opportunity for 

the public to present brief comments on 

items that are relevant to Council 

business but are otherwise not listed on 

the published agenda. The Monkfish 

Committee will update members on the 

development of alternatives for 

inclusion in Amendment 6 to the 

Monkfish Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP) and possibly the necessity of 

initiating a framework adjustment to 

expedite the implementation of several 

measures previously included in 

Amendment 6. The Council staff will 

present the annual monitoring report on 

the Northeast Skate Complex FMP and 

the day will end with a report from the 

Small Mesh Multispecies (Whiting) 

Committee. The committee will 

recommend approval of the 2015–17 

specifications for the small-mesh 

multispecies (whiting) fishery. Although 

the formal Council meeting will 

adjourn, staff from the Greater Atlantic 

Regional Fisheries Office will present an 

overview and discuss the office’s 

Strategic Plan at 5:45 p.m. or 

immediately following the conclusion of 

the Council’s meeting. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 

The day will begin with an overview 

and summary of public comments on a 

NOAA/NMFS-led action that will affect 

all federally managed fisheries in the 

Northeast. The Council then intends to 

take final action on what is called the 

Vessel Baseline Omnibus Amendment. 

During this same morning session, the 

Council also expects to approve 

alternatives to be considered for 

inclusion in Amendment 18 to the 

Northeast Multispecies or Groundfish 

FMP. The discussion will focus on 

accumulation limits and an inshore/


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offshore line to address the 

concentration of fishing effort in the 

inshore Gulf of Maine. Next, the 

Scientific and Statistical Committee will 

report on its recommendations for 

overfishing limits and acceptable 

biological catch recommendations for 

Gulf of Maine cod, pollock, Gulf of 

Maine winter flounder, and Georges 

Bank winter flounder. Following a 

lunch break, the rest of the day will be 

spent reviewing and taking final action 

on Framework Adjustment 53 to the 

Groundfish FMP. The framework 

addresses three major topics: (1) Status 

changes (Gulf of Maine (GOM) haddock) 

and specifications for several groundfish 

stocks (Gulf of Maine cod and haddock; 

Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank winter 

flounder; pollock; and Georges Bank 

yellowtail flounder); (2) windowpane 

flounder sub-annual catch limit (ACLs) 

for sectors, common pool; and the sea 

scallop fishery; and (3) other 

management measures, including 

additional spatial protection for 

spawning Gulf of Maine cod, and 

possibly additional measures for that 

stock, a roll-over provision for fishery 

specifications, and annual catch 

entitlement carryover provisions for 

sectors. 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 

The Council intends to use this day to 

complete its work on Framework 

Adjustment 53. 

Thursday, November 20, 2014 

The final day of the Council’s meeting 

will begin with a report from its Sea 

Scallop Committee. Based on the 

committee’s recommendations, the 

Council expects to take final action on 

Framework Adjustment 26 to the 

Atlantic Sea Scallop FMP. The action 

includes fishery specifications for 2015 

and default measures for 2016, 

including days-at-sea allocations, access 

area allocations and limited access 

general category fishery allocations. A 

number of other issues are under 

consideration for inclusion in the 

action. Prior to a lunch break, the 

NEFMC will begin a final round of 

discussions and approve its 

management priorities for 2015. The 

Risk Policy Working Group will ask for 

approval of a draft policy statement and 

briefly discuss steps to apply the policy 

across all NEFMC fishery management 

plans. Finally, the Observer Committee 

will provide an update on the 

development of an Omnibus IndustryFunded Monitoring Amendment request 

approval of alternatives for inclusion in 

the action. The meeting will adjourn 

once any other outstanding business has 

been addressed. 

Although other non-emergency issues 

not contained in this agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subjects 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 that 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 

Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 

5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD598 

North Pacific Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s Gulf of Alaska 

(GOA) and Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands 

(BSAI) Groundfish Plan Teams will 

meet in Seattle, WA. 

DATES: The meetings will be held 

November 17–21, 2014. The meetings 

will begin at 9 a.m., November 17, and 

continue through Friday November 21, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, 

7600 Sand Point Way NE., Building 4, 

NMML Room 2039 (GOA Plan Team) 

and Traynor Room 2076 (BS/AI Plan 

Team), Seattle, WA. 

Council Address: North Pacific 

Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 

4th Ave., Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 

99501–2252. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diana Stram, NPFMC; telephone: (907) 

271–2809. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Plan 

Teams will compile and review the 

annual Groundfish Stock Assessment 

and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) reports, 

(including the Economic Report, the 

Ecosystems Consideration Chapter, and 

the stock assessments for BSAI and 

GOA groundfishes), and recommend 

final groundfish harvest specifications 

for 2015/16. 

The Agenda is subject to change, and 

the latest version will be posted at 

http://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/ 

npfmc/. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. 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. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Gail Bendixen, 

(907) 271–2809, at least 5 working days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: October 28, 2014. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM 

PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR 

SEVERELY DISABLED 

Procurement List; Additions 

AGENCY: Committee for Purchase From 

People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled. 

ACTION: Additions to the Procurement 

List. 

SUMMARY: This action adds products to 

the Procurement List that will be 

furnished by a nonprofit agency 

employing persons who are blind or 

have other severe disabilities. 

DATES: Effective Date: 12/1/2014 

ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase 

From People Who Are Blind or Severely 

Disabled, 1401 S. Clark Street, Suite 

10800, Arlington, Virginia 22202–4149. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Briscoe, Telephone: (703) 603– 


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