82_FR_49388 82 FR 49184 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

82 FR 49184 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 204 (October 24, 2017)

Page Range49184-49185
FR Document2017-23036

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Recreational Advisory Panel 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49184-49185]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23036]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF784


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 (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Recreational Advisory Panel 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 Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by 
Hilton, 363 Maine Mall Road, South Portland, ME 04106-02360; phone: 
(207) 775-6161.
    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 Recreational Advisory Panel will receive a report from GARFO's 
recreational management workshop. They plan to review and discuss 
recreational fishing data for fishing year 2016 and preliminary fishing 
year 2017. The Advisory Panel will discuss Framework Adjustment 57--
Specifications and Management Measures, in particular, (1) An overview

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of the work of the Plan Development Team (PDT), (2) Discuss draft 
FY2018-FY2020 specifications and recreational management measures 
process and will make recommendations to the Groundfish Committee. They 
will have discussion of possible groundfish priorities for 2018, and 
develop recommendations to the Groundfish Committee. The panel will 
discuss several recent Executive Orders have been issued about 
streamlining current regulations, and NOAA is seeking public input on 
the efficiency and effectiveness of current regulations and whether 
they can be improved. Discuss whether there are any regulations in the 
Northeast Multispecies fishery management plan that could be 
eliminated, improved, or streamlined. They will discuss implementation 
of new electronic vessel trip reports (eVTRs) for for-hire vessels. 
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 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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: October 19, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-23036 Filed 10-23-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

49184 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2017 / Notices Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. Dated: October 19, 2017. Special Accommodations Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. Tracey L. Thompson, These meetings are physically Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable accessible to people with disabilities. Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Requests for sign language Highly Migratory Species Management [FR Doc. 2017–23034 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] interpretation or other auxiliary aid Team—8 a.m. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Day 4—Friday, November 17, 2017 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Dated: October 19, 2017. California State Delegation—7 a.m. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Tracey L. Thompson, Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. Administration Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. RIN 0648–XF781 [FR Doc. 2017–23033 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Highly Migratory Species Advisory Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Subpanel—8 a.m. Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Highly Migratory Species Management DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Team—8 a.m. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Administration Day 5—Saturday, November 18, 2017 Commerce. RIN 0648–XF784 California State Delegation—7 a.m. ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. New England Fishery Management SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Council; Public Meeting Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. Management Council’s (MAFMC’s) Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc public meeting. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Day 6—Sunday, November 19, 2017 DATES: The meeting will be held on Commerce. Monday, November 13, 2017, from ACTION: Notice; public meeting. California State Delegation—7 a.m. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. SUMMARY: The New England Fishery November 14, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. Management Council (Council) is 3 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Groundfish Advisory Subpanel—8 a.m. scheduling a public meeting of its for agenda details. Groundfish Management Team—8 a.m. Recreational Advisory Panel to consider ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at actions affecting New England fisheries Enforcement Consultants—Ad Hoc the Hilton Garden Inn BWI Airport, in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Day 7—Monday, November 20, 2017 1516 Aero Drive, Linthicum, MD 21090; Recommendations from this group will telephone: (410) 691–0500. be brought to the full Council for formal California State Delegation—7 a.m. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery consideration and action, if appropriate. Oregon State Delegation—7 a.m. Management Council, 800 N. State DATES: This meeting will be held on Washington State Delegation—7 a.m. Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10 a.m. Although non-emergency issues not telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site: contained in this agenda may come ADDRESSES: www.mafmc.org. before the Pacific Council for Meeting address: The meeting will be FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 363 discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal Council action during Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Maine Mall Road, South Portland, ME this meeting. Council action will be Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 04106–02360; phone: (207) 775–6161. restricted to those issues specifically Management Council, telephone: (302) Council address: New England listed in this notice and any issues 526–5255. Fishery Management Council, 50 Water arising after publication of this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. that require emergency action under Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, Fishery Conservation and Management Bass Monitoring Committee will meet New England Fishery Management Act, provided the public has been November 13–14 to develop Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. notified of the Pacific Council’s intent to recommendations for recreational SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: take final action to address the management measures for the 2018 emergency. summer flounder, scup, and black sea Agenda bass fisheries. The Committee may also The Recreational Advisory Panel will Special Accommodations discuss ongoing options for asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES receive a report from GARFO’s These meetings are physically improvements to the recreational recreational management workshop. accessible to people with disabilities. management measures process and They plan to review and discuss Requests for sign language ongoing analyses related to recreational recreational fishing data for fishing year interpretation or other auxiliary aids fishery issues for these three species. 2016 and preliminary fishing year 2017. should be directed to Mr. Kris A detailed agenda and background The Advisory Panel will discuss Kleinschmidt at (503) 820–2280, ext. documents will be made available on Framework Adjustment 57— 411 at least 10 business days prior to the the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org) Specifications and Management meeting date. prior to the meeting. 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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 24, 2017 / Notices 49185 of the work of the Plan Development Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Dated: October 19, 2017. Team (PDT), (2) Discuss draft FY2018– Chapter 35). Sarah Brabson, FY2020 specifications and recreational Agency: National Oceanic and NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. management measures process and will Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). [FR Doc. 2017–23058 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] make recommendations to the Title: Gulf of Alaska Catcher Vessel & BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Groundfish Committee. They will have Processor Trawl (CVPT) Economic Data discussion of possible groundfish Report (EDR). priorities for 2018, and develop DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE recommendations to the Groundfish OMB Control Number: 0648–0700. Committee. The panel will discuss Form Number(s): None. National Oceanic and Atmospheric several recent Executive Orders have Type of Request: Regular (extension of Administration been issued about streamlining current a currently approved information RIN 0648–XF783 regulations, and NOAA is seeking collection). public input on the efficiency and Number of Respondents: 120. Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico; effectiveness of current regulations and Southeast Data, Assessment, and Average Hours per Response: 15. whether they can be improved. Discuss Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting whether there are any regulations in the Burden Hours: 1,800. Northeast Multispecies fishery Needs and Uses: The Gulf of Alaska AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries management plan that could be Trawl Groundfish Economic Data Service, National Oceanic and eliminated, improved, or streamlined. Report Program evaluates the economic Atmospheric Administration, They will discuss implementation of effects of current and future groundfish Commerce. new electronic vessel trip reports management measures for Gulf of ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 51 assessment (eVTRs) for for-hire vessels. Other Alaska (GOA) trawl fisheries. This webinar V for Gulf of Mexico gray business will be discussed as necessary. program provides the National Marine snapper. Although non-emergency issues not Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the North SUMMARY: The SEDAR 51 assessment contained in this agenda may come Pacific Fishery Management Council process of Gulf of Mexico gray snapper before this group for discussion, those with baseline information on affected will consist of a Data Workshop, a series issues may not be the subject of formal harvesters, crew, processors, and of assessment webinars, and a Review action during this meeting. Action will communities in the GOA. Data collected Workshop. be restricted to those issues specifically through the economic data reports listed in this notice and any issues (EDRs) include labor information, DATES: The SEDAR 51 assessment arising after publication of this notice revenues received, capital and webinar V will be held November 15, that require emergency action under operational expenses, and other 2017, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens operational or financial data. This Time. Act, provided the public has been information is used to assess the ADDRESSES: notified of the Council’s intent to take impacts of major changes in the Meeting address: The meeting will be final action to address the emergency. groundfish management regime, held via webinar. The webinar is open including catch share program to members of the public. Those Special Accommodations implementation. interested in participating should This meeting is physically accessible The Catcher Vessel GOA Trawl EDR contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR to people with disabilities. Requests for is submitted by owners or leaseholders FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to sign language interpretation or other of catcher vessels that harvest request an invitation providing webinar auxiliary aids should be directed to groundfish using trawl gear from the access information. Please request Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at GOA or parallel fisheries. The Processor webinar invitations at least 24 hours in (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to GOA Trawl EDR is submitted by owners advance of each webinar. the meeting date. or leaseholders of shoreside processors SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place or stationary floating processors that Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. receive deliveries from vessels that 29405. Dated: October 19, 2017. harvest groundfish using trawl gear from FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Tracey L. Thompson, the GOA or parallel fisheries. Annual A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable submission of these EDRs is mandatory. 4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf Affected Public: Business or other for- [FR Doc. 2017–23036 Filed 10–23–17; 8:45 am] of Mexico, South Atlantic, and profit organizations. BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Frequency: Annually. Caribbean Fishery Management Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Respondent’s Obligation: Required to Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE obtain or retain benefits. States Marine Fisheries Commissions This information collection request have implemented the Southeast Data, National Oceanic and Atmospheric may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow Assessment and Review (SEDAR) Administration the instructions to view Department of asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES process, a multi-step method for Commerce collections currently under determining the status of fish stocks in Submission for OMB Review; review by OMB. the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi- Comment Request Written comments and step process including: (1) Data The Department of Commerce will recommendations for the proposed Workshop, (2) a series of assessment submit to the Office of Management and information collection should be sent webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. Budget (OMB) for clearance the within 30 days of publication of this The product of the Data Workshop is a following proposal for collection of notice to OIRA_Submission@ report that compiles and evaluates information under the provisions of the omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806. potential datasets and recommends VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:47 Oct 23, 2017 Jkt 244001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24OCN1.SGM 24OCN1


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice; public meeting.
DatesThis meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 10 a.m.
ContactThomas A. Nies, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
FR Citation82 FR 49184 
RIN Number0648-XF78
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