49002 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2017 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF768 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Groundfish Committee 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. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton Harborside, 250 Market 

Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; phone: 

(603) 431–2300. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Groundfish Committee plans to 

discuss Framework Adjustment 

57/Specifications and Management 

Measures and will receive a report from 

the Groundfish Plan Development Team 

on: (1) The draft alternatives under 

consideration (2) the specifications subcomponent analysis (3) a review of the 

Georges Bank haddock sub-ACL in the 

directed mid-water trawl Atlantic 

herring fishery (4) several options for 

Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic 

yellowtail flounder sub-ACLs for the 

scallop fishery (5) adjusting the 

accountability measure policy for 

groundfish sub-ACLs for the scallop 

fishery to trigger only when the scallop 

sub-ACL and total ACL is exceeded. 

They also plan to discuss draft 

alternatives and make recommendations 

to the Council. Other business will be 

discussed as necessary. 

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 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 

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, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. This meeting will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 

1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22903 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF753 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) 

Demersal Committee will hold a public 

meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Wednesday, November 8, 2017, from 1 

p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, 

November 9, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court 

Baltimore, 550 Light St., Baltimore, MD 

21202; telephone: (410) 234–0550. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N. State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their 

Web site at www.mafmc.org. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 

Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, telephone: (302) 

526–5255. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Demersal Committee will meet to 

further refine management options for 

the commercial summer flounder 

fishery under the Comprehensive 

Summer Flounder Amendment. The 

focus of the meeting will be on 

reviewing and refining draft commercial 

allocation alternatives. The agenda may 

also include discussions of federal 

commercial permit requalification 

options, draft revised Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) goals and 

objectives for summer flounder, and 

options for FMP framework provisions 

that could be used to address landings 

flexibility policies in future actions. 

Meeting materials will be posted to 

http://www.mafmc.org/ prior to the 

meeting. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to 

M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at 

least 5 days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: October 18, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–22901 Filed 10–20–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XF777 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Groundfish Management Team (GMT) 

will hold a webinar that is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The GMT webinar will be held 

Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 1 p.m. 

until 5 p.m. The webinar end time is an 

estimate, the meeting will adjourn when 

business for the day is completed. 

ADDRESSES: To attend the webinar (1) 

join the meeting by visiting this link 

http://www.gotomeeting.com/online/ 

webinar/join-webinar; (2) enter the 

Webinar ID: 921–983–403, and (3) enter 

your name and email address (required). 

After logging in to the webinar, please 

(1) dial this TOLL number 1–415–930– 

5321 (not a toll-free number); (2) enter 


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