[Federal Register: September 11, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 177)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XK35
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
Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 9:30
a.m. and Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Eastland Park Hotel, 157
High Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-5411; fax: (207)
775-1066.
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 Committee will continue development of recommendations for
Council consideration in October regarding the specific management
measures to be considered further in Amendment 4 to the Atlantic
Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP);
2. The agenda will include a discussion of management alternatives
related to catch monitoring, including but not limited to: specific
monitoring and reporting requirements for herring vessels and
processors, observer coverage and at-sea monitoring, shoreside/dockside
monitoring and sampling, vessel monitoring system (VMS) requirements,
as well as other measures that were suggested for consideration during
the scoping process;
3. Review and discuss preliminary analysis of river herring bycatch
in the Atlantic herring fishery and comparison of portside and at-sea
and observer bycatch information from the Atlantic herring fishery for
selected species of interest from 2005-07; develop related
recommendations as appropriate;
4. Review of information related to at-sea monitoring and observer
coverage, which may include information about observer programs in
other regions, industry-funded observer programs, applications for
electronic monitoring, and cost comparisons; develop recommendations as
appropriate;
5. Review and discuss proposed management measures to address
herring bycatch concerns in the Atlantic mackerel fishery; develop
recommendations as appropriate;
6. Address any other issues and develop recommendations related to
Amendment 4 to the Herring FMP, possibly including annual catch limits
(ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs), and individual and group
quota
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allocation programs (i.e., IFQs and sectors;
7. Develop Herring Committee recommendations regarding cooperative
research priorities for the 2010 research set-aside (RSA) program.
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: September 8, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-21094 Filed 9-10-08; 8:45 am]
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