[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25888]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XZ63
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Committee, on November 2,
2010, 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: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel,
11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 421-0700;
fax: (401) 455-3050.
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 New England Fishery Management Council's
(NEFMC) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) has recommended
revisions to the monkfish biomass reference points and the Acceptable
Biological Catch (ABC) limits. For the Northern Management Area (NMS),
the recommended ABC is below the Annual Catch Target (ACT) recently
submitted by the New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils to the Secretary
of Commerce in Amendment 5. In response, the NEFMC has initiated
Framework 7 to adopt a revised NMA ACT and associated specifications of
days-at-sea (DAS) allocations and trip limits. At this meeting, the
Committee will review the Plan Development Team's analysis of
alternative ACTs and specifications prior to the initial meeting of the
NEFMC on Framework 7. The New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils have
also declared their intent to consider catch shares management for the
monkfish fishery and to initiate Amendment 6 for that purpose. At this
meeting, the Committee will review a draft information package/scoping
document prepared by the staff to be used in the initial public
meetings on Amendment 6 later this fall.
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 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: October 8, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-25888 Filed 10-13-10; 8:45 am]
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