[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43148-43149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 Whiting Advisory Panel in August, 
2010 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the 
exclusive

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economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, August 6, 2010 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at The School for Marine 
Science and Technology--AT&T Building, 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA 
02719: telephone: (508) 999-8193; fax: (508) 999-8197.
    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 Council will hold a meeting for Whiting 
Advisors, stakeholders, and interested parties to provide input on 
fishery data that will be used to assess the status of and estimate 
biological reference points for silver hake, offshore hake, and red 
hake. The Council and NMFS is seeking advice about problems and 
potential solutions using data derived from reported landings, vessel 
trip reports, sea sampling and discard estimates, fishing effort, and 
research vessel surveys. A brief overview of these data will be 
presented by the lead assessment scientists.
    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, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: July 20, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-18122 Filed 7-22-10; 8:45 am]
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