[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23922]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091200C]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Oversight Committee in 
October, 2000. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will held on Wednesday, October 4, 2000, at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 225 McClellan 
Highway, Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 569-5250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Scallop Committee will further define 
and specify management alternatives for Final Framework Adjustment 14 
to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan. The framework adjustment will 
change the management specifications for the 2000 fishing year (at the 
September 27th Council meeting, the Council will identify the initial 
framework management alternatives). After analysis by the Plan 
Development Team, a final alternative will be approved by the full 
Council at it's November 14-16, 2000 meeting. Other, long-range 
management issues, including research priorities for 2001, may also be 
discussed.
    Framework Adjustment 14 is an annual adjustment to the management 
measures and regulations that will govern the Atlantic sea scallop 
fishery between March 1, 2001 and February 28, 2002. The adjustment 
will focus on changing the annual days-at-sea allocation for full-time, 
part-time, and occasional limited access scallop vessels, management 
options for fishing in the Hudson Canyon and VA/NC Areas, new closures 
to protect small scallops, and prohibiting the possession of shell 
stock inshore of the days-at-sea monitoring line. Other management 
adjustments may arise during the initial framework meeting and will be 
discussed at this meeting.
    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 dates.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-23922 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45 am]
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