[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4598]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 081705C]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; committee meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scallop 
Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The two-day meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 7, 
2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, September 8, 2005, from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton, 407 
Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone: (781) 284-7200.
    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 items of discussion in the committee's 
agenda are as follows:

Wednesday, September 7, 2005, at 9 a.m.

    The Oversight Committee will review the analysis of alternatives in 
Framework Adjustment 18 (FW 18) and identify preferred alternatives. 
The Council will take a final vote on these recommendations when it 
meets on September 13-15, 2005 in Fairhaven, MA. FW 18 includes 
alternatives addressing the following: area rotation measures; 
specifications for trip and days-at-sea (DAS) allocations in 2006 and 
2007; a proposed Notice Action procedure to adjust 2007 Elephant Trunk 
Area and open area allocations based on surveys of scallop biomass; 
measures to constrain the growth of the general category scallop 
fishery; an increase in the crew limits for controlled access area 
trips; a new bycatch data collection and monitoring program; changes in 
controlled access area trip exchange measures and deadlines; a measure 
to further liberalize the broken trip exemption program, and changes in 
the research set-aside program.

Thursday, September 8, 2005, at 8:30 a.m.

    Continuation of above agenda.
    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 date.

    Dated: August 18, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-4598 Filed 8-22-05; 8:45 am]
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