[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 29 (Monday, February 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7479]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-590]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020805B]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel in March 
2005. 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, March 2, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 407 
Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone: (781) 284-7200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492. Requests for 
special accommodations should be addressed to the New England Fishery 
Management Council, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, MA 01950; telephone: 
(978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Scallop Advisory Panel will meet with 
the Scallop Plan Development Team to discuss issues related to safety 
such as, casualty trends in the fishing industry, and regulations that 
have elevated safety risk and potential solutions. They will also 
discuss alternative approaches for making controlled access area 
allocations; access area mortality targets, rotation objectives and 
seasonal access programs. Also on the agenda will be whether or not the 
Hudson Canyon Area should continue to be a controlled access area in 
2006. They will also discuss impediments and potential solutions to 
landing scallops for value-added processing. Finally, they will discuss 
a research set aside program and scallop research priorities.
    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 five days 
prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: February 9, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-590 Filed 2-11-05; 8:45 am]
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