82 FR 25776 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 106 (June 5, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-11477 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 106 (Monday, June 5, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 25776-25777] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-11477] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF463 New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council, NEFMC) will hold a three-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June 20, 21, and 22, 2017, beginning at 9 a.m. on June 20, 8:30 a.m. on June 21, and 8:30 a.m. on June 22. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-2311; online at http://www.innbythebay.com. Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: (978) 465-0492; www.nefmc.org. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492, ext. 113. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda Tuesday, June 20, 2017 After introductions and brief announcements, the meeting will begin with reports from the Council Chairman and Executive Director, NMFS's Regional Administrator for the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO), liaisons from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, representatives from NOAA General Counsel and the Office of Law Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and the U.S Coast Guard. Following these reports, the Council will hear from its Whiting Committee, which will provide a brief progress report on Amendment 22 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The amendment is being developed to potentially limit access to the small- mesh multispecies fishery. Next, the Council will review and discuss the status of Amendment 6 to the Monkfish FMP. This amendment initially was intended to consider potential catch share management approaches for the monkfish fishery. The Council also will discuss and approve research priorities for the Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program. The Groundfish Committee report then will commence with a preview of the extensive afternoon agenda. Discussion of the first agenda item potentially could begin prior to lunch. For this item, the Council will receive a summary of the scoping comments for Groundfish Monitoring Amendment 23 and discuss the amendment's purpose and need, as well as the likely range of alternatives. Following the lunch break, the Council will resume the groundfish monitoring discussion if necessary and spend the remainder of the afternoon on groundfish. The Council will initiate Framework Adjustment 57 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP, which will include: (1) 2018-2020 fishery specifications and other management measures; (2) 2018 total allowable catches (TACs) for U.S./Canada stocks of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod, Eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder; (3) Atlantic halibut accountability measures (AMs); and (4) recreational management measures. The Council will review a draft letter with comments on the Marine Recreational Information Program Strategic Plan. Finally, the Council will consider comments on the interim final rule for 2017 and 2018 Sector Operations Plans, including whether measures or restrictions should be recommended for Sector IX due to misreporting by sector vessels. The Council then will adjourn for the day. Wednesday, June 21, 2017 The second day of the meeting will begin with a presentation on NMFS's [[Page 25777]] Stock Assessment Improvement Plan (SAIP), which will be immediately followed by a presentation on NMFS's guidance regarding the use of Best Scientific Information Available (BSIA). The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) then will provide: (1) Comments on both the SAIP and BSIA; (2) comments on the Council's draft five-year research recommendations; and (3) a progress report on terms of reference for operational stock assessments when models are not feasible. The Council will discuss and consider the SSC's comments on NMFS's SAIP and BSIA guidance. Next, the Council will receive an Ecosystem-Based Fishery Management Report with an update on developing a worked example of harvest control rules for ecosystem management. This item will be followed by the Skate Committee report. The Council is scheduled to: (1) Take final action on Framework Adjustment 4 to the Northeast Skate Complex FMP to modify the skate bait trigger and possession limits currently in place for the fishery; and (2) initiate Framework Adjustment 5 to allow barndoor skate landings and develop fishing year 2018-2019 specifications. Members of the public then will be able to speak during an open comment period on issues that relate to Council business but are not included on the published agenda for this meeting. The Council asks the public to limit remarks to 3-5 minutes. After a lunch break, the Scallop Committee first will present a report on the Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota Five-Year Review. The Council then will approve research priorities for the 2018-2019 Scallop RSA Program. Next, the Council will receive a progress report on the development of Framework Adjustment 29, which includes: (1) Fishery specifications for the 2018 fishing year and default specifications for 2019; (2) flatfish AMs for the scallop fishery; (3) Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) Management Area issues; and (4) Closed Area I Scallop Access Area modifications to be consistent with pending habitat area revisions. Finally, the Council will discuss and potentially request a control date to address movement between the LAGC NGOM and LAGC incidental permit categories. The day will end with a NMFS presentation and update on the Fishery Dependent Data Visioning Project. Thursday, June 22, 2017 The third day of the meeting will begin with an overview of draft alternatives for a Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology omnibus framework adjustment that is being developed to address assigning at- sea observers to the lobster pot fleet in an unbiased manner through the Northeast Fishery Observer Program. The Council then will hold a Habitat Committee meeting as a Committee of the Whole to review public comments on the Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment and develop final recommendations for Council consideration. Once the Committee of the Whole adjourns, the Habitat Committee report will get underway, starting with the Council taking final action on the Coral Amendment. Also under habitat, the Council will review and approve comments to the Department of the Interior on: (1) National monument designations under the Antiquities Act of 1906, including the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument; and (2) potential environmental effects of offshore oil development on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf. Following a lunch break, the Council may resume the habitat discussion if necessary. Then, the Council will develop comments on NMFS's Draft Council Conflict of Interest Policy Directives. The Council next will review Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act reauthorization legislation and potentially develop Council positions on the draft legislation. The Council will close out the meeting with ``other business.'' Although non-emergency issues not contained on this agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 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 Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency. The public also should be aware that the meeting will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request. 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: May 30, 2017. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017-11477 Filed 6-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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National Institute of Standards and wished to speak but could not be Regional Administrator for the Greater
Technology (NIST), the Secretary of accommodated on the agenda, and those Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
Homeland Security, and the Director of who were unable to attend in person are (GARFO), liaisons from the Northeast
the Office of Management and Budget invited to submit written statements. In Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and
(OMB) on information security and addition, written statements are invited Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
privacy issues pertaining to Federal and may be submitted to the ISPAB at Council, representatives from NOAA
government information systems, any time. All written statements should General Counsel and the Office of Law
including thorough review of proposed be directed to the ISPAB Secretariat, Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic
standards and guidelines developed by Information Technology Laboratory, 100 States Marine Fisheries Commission
NIST. Details regarding the ISPAB’s Bureau Drive, Stop 8930, National and the U.S Coast Guard. Following
activities are available at http:// Institute of Standards and Technology, these reports, the Council will hear from
csrc.nist.gov/groups/SMA/ispab/ Gaithersburg, MD 20899–8930. its Whiting Committee, which will
index.html. provide a brief progress report on
Kevin Kimball, Amendment 22 to the Northeast
The agenda is expected to include the
following items: Chief of Staff. Multispecies Fishery Management Plan
—Deliberations and recommendations [FR Doc. 2017–11511 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am] (FMP). The amendment is being
by the board, BILLING CODE 3510–13–P developed to potentially limit access to
—Presentation and discussion on next the small-mesh multispecies fishery.
generation identity management Next, the Council will review and
technologies, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE discuss the status of Amendment 6 to
—Discussion on capabilities of the Monkfish FMP. This amendment
virtualization to enhance National Oceanic and Atmospheric initially was intended to consider
cybersecurity, Administration potential catch share management
—Threat brief presentation on activities RIN 0648–XF463 approaches for the monkfish fishery.
of advanced persistent threats, The Council also will discuss and
—Presentation by National Security New England Fishery Management approve research priorities for the
Staff on administration cybersecurity Council; Public Meeting Monkfish Research Set-Aside Program.
priorities, The Groundfish Committee report then
—OMB presentation on current and AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
will commence with a preview of the
planned policy for cybersecurity and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
extensive afternoon agenda. Discussion
discussion, Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
of the first agenda item potentially
—Presentation on how to prevent Commerce.
could begin prior to lunch. For this
Distributed Denial of Service Attacks ACTION: Notice of public meeting. item, the Council will receive a
and discussion, summary of the scoping comments for
—Discussion of the NIST national SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council, NEFMC) Groundfish Monitoring Amendment 23
vulnerability database reference and discuss the amendment’s purpose
materials, will hold a three-day meeting to
consider actions affecting New England and need, as well as the likely range of
—Panel discussion/presentation on alternatives.
National Institute of Standards and fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
Following the lunch break, the
Technology Internet of Things (EEZ).
Council will resume the groundfish
Cybersecurity Program, DATES: The meeting will be held on monitoring discussion if necessary and
—Discussion on Ransomware Threat Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, spend the remainder of the afternoon on
Activity, and June 20, 21, and 22, 2017, beginning at groundfish. The Council will initiate
—Updates on NIST Information 9 a.m. on June 20, 8:30 a.m. on June 21, Framework Adjustment 57 to the
Technology Laboratory. and 8:30 a.m. on June 22. Northeast Multispecies FMP, which will
Note that agenda items may change ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at include: (1) 2018–2020 fishery
without notice. The final agenda will be the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring specifications and other management
posted on the Web site indicated above. Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: measures; (2) 2018 total allowable
Seating will be available for the public (207) 775–2311; online at http:// catches (TACs) for U.S./Canada stocks
and media. Pre-registration is not www.innbythebay.com. of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod,
required to attend this meeting. Council address: New England Eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail
Public Participation: The ISPAB Fishery Management Council, 50 Water flounder; (3) Atlantic halibut
agenda will include a period of time, Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950; accountability measures (AMs); and (4)
not to exceed thirty minutes, for oral telephone: (978) 465–0492; recreational management measures. The
comments from the public (Wednesday, www.nefmc.org. Council will review a draft letter with
June 29, 2017, between 4:00 p.m. and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: comments on the Marine Recreational
4:30 p.m.). Speakers will be selected on Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, Information Program Strategic Plan.
a first-come, first served basis. Each New England Fishery Management Finally, the Council will consider
speaker will be limited to five minutes. Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext. comments on the interim final rule for
Questions from the public will not be 113. 2017 and 2018 Sector Operations Plans,
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considered during this period. Members including whether measures or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
of the public who are interested in restrictions should be recommended for
speaking are requested to contact Agenda Sector IX due to misreporting by sector
Matthew Scholl at the contact vessels. The Council then will adjourn
information indicated in the FOR Tuesday, June 20, 2017
for the day.
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of After introductions and brief
this notice. announcements, the meeting will begin Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Speakers who wish to expand upon with reports from the Council Chairman The second day of the meeting will
their oral statements, those who had and Executive Director, NMFS’s begin with a presentation on NMFS’s
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Stock Assessment Improvement Plan developed to address assigning at-sea Dated: May 30, 2017.
(SAIP), which will be immediately observers to the lobster pot fleet in an Tracey L. Thompson,
followed by a presentation on NMFS’s unbiased manner through the Northeast Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
guidance regarding the use of Best Fishery Observer Program. The Council Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Scientific Information Available (BSIA). then will hold a Habitat Committee [FR Doc. 2017–11477 Filed 6–2–17; 8:45 am]
The Scientific and Statistical Committee meeting as a Committee of the Whole to BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
(SSC) then will provide: (1) Comments review public comments on the
on both the SAIP and BSIA; (2) Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment
comments on the Council’s draft five- and develop final recommendations for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
year research recommendations; and (3)
Council consideration. Once the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
a progress report on terms of reference
Committee of the Whole adjourns, the Administration
for operational stock assessments when
models are not feasible. The Council Habitat Committee report will get
underway, starting with the Council RIN 0648–XF463
will discuss and consider the SSC’s
comments on NMFS’s SAIP and BSIA taking final action on the Coral
New England Fishery Management
guidance. Next, the Council will receive Amendment. Also under habitat, the Council; Public Meeting
an Ecosystem-Based Fishery Council will review and approve
Management Report with an update on comments to the Department of the AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
developing a worked example of harvest Interior on: (1) National monument Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
control rules for ecosystem designations under the Antiquities Act Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
management. This item will be followed of 1906, including the Northeast Commerce.
by the Skate Committee report. The Canyons and Seamounts Marine ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
Council is scheduled to: (1) Take final National Monument; and (2) potential SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
action on Framework Adjustment 4 to environmental effects of offshore oil Management Council (Council, NEFMC)
the Northeast Skate Complex FMP to development on the Atlantic Outer will hold a three-day meeting to
modify the skate bait trigger and Continental Shelf. consider actions affecting New England
possession limits currently in place for
the fishery; and (2) initiate Framework Following a lunch break, the Council fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
Adjustment 5 to allow barndoor skate may resume the habitat discussion if (EEZ).
landings and develop fishing year 2018– necessary. Then, the Council will DATES: The meeting will be held on
2019 specifications. Members of the develop comments on NMFS’s Draft Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
public then will be able to speak during Council Conflict of Interest Policy June 20, 21, and 22, 2017, beginning at
an open comment period on issues that Directives. The Council next will review 9 a.m. on June 20, 8:30 a.m. on June 21,
relate to Council business but are not Magnuson-Stevens Fishery and 8:30 a.m. on June 22.
included on the published agenda for Conservation and Management Act ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
this meeting. The Council asks the reauthorization legislation and the Holiday Inn by the Bay, 88 Spring
public to limit remarks to 3–5 minutes. potentially develop Council positions Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone:
After a lunch break, the Scallop on the draft legislation. The Council (207) 775–2311; online at http://
Committee first will present a report on will close out the meeting with ‘‘other www.innbythebay.com.
the Limited Access General Category business.’’ Council address: New England
(LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota Five- Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Year Review. The Council then will Although non-emergency issues not Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;
approve research priorities for the 2018– contained on this agenda may come telephone: (978) 465–0492;
2019 Scallop RSA Program. Next, the before this Council for discussion, those www.nefmc.org.
Council will receive a progress report on issues may not be the subject of formal
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
the development of Framework action during this meeting. Council
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
Adjustment 29, which includes: (1) action will be restricted to those issues
New England Fishery Management
Fishery specifications for the 2018 specifically listed in this notice and any Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492, ext.
fishing year and default specifications issues arising after publication of this 113.
for 2019; (2) flatfish AMs for the scallop notice that require emergency action
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
fishery; (3) Northern Gulf of Maine under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-
(NGOM) Management Area issues; and Stevens Act, provided the public has Agenda
(4) Closed Area I Scallop Access Area been notified of the Council’s intent to Tuesday, June 20, 2017
modifications to be consistent with take final action to address the
pending habitat area revisions. Finally, emergency. The public also should be After introductions and brief
the Council will discuss and potentially announcements, the meeting will begin
aware that the meeting will be recorded.
request a control date to address with reports from the Council Chairman
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy
movement between the LAGC NGOM and Executive Director, NMFS’s
of the recording is available upon
and LAGC incidental permit categories. Regional Administrator for the Greater
request. Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office
The day will end with a NMFS
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presentation and update on the Fishery Special Accommodations (GARFO), liaisons from the Northeast
Dependent Data Visioning Project. Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) and
This meeting is physically accessible Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Thursday, June 22, 2017 to people with disabilities. Requests for Council, representatives from NOAA
The third day of the meeting will sign language interpretation or other General Counsel and the Office of Law
begin with an overview of draft auxiliary aids should be directed to Enforcement, and staff from the Atlantic
alternatives for a Standardized Bycatch Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least States Marine Fisheries Commission
Reporting Methodology omnibus 5 days prior to the meeting date. and the U.S Coast Guard. Following
framework adjustment that is being these reports, the Council will hear from
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice of public meeting. | |
| Dates | The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, June 20, 21, and 22, 2017, beginning at 9 a.m. on June 20, 8:30 a.m. on June 21, and 8:30 a.m. on June 22. | |
| Contact | Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492, ext. 113. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 25776 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XF46 |
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