[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 60986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2602]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 100704B]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 2-day public meeting of its Joint Scallop Plan Development 
Team (PDT) and Advisory Panel in October, 2004. Recommendations from 
the panels will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration 
and action, if appropriate.

DATES:  The meeting will held on Thursday, October 28, 2004 at 9 a.m. 
and Friday, October 29, 2004 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES:  The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Express, 110 
Middle Street, Fairhaven, MA 02719; telephone: (508) 997-1281.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In preparation for the development of a 
Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report for 2005, a Joint 
PDT and Advisory Panel meeting will conduct initial discussions to 
focus on identification of: problems and issues that the SAFE Report 
should analyze; SAFE Report document structure and organization; data 
and analytic requirements; timing when data become available for 
analysis and how various analyses interrelate; delegation and 
responsibility for conducting analyses and preparing written reports; 
other issues related to the 2005 SAFE Report, as needed.
    The SAFE Report will be used as a baseline in Framework Adjustment 
18 for measures to be implemented in the 2006 fishing year.
    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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: October 8, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-2602 Filed 10-13-04; 8:45 am]
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