[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 223 (Monday, November 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111605B]


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) 
Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting 
New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 7, 2005, from 
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address:
    The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury Ave., 
Portsmouth, NH, 03801; telephone: (603)431-8000.
    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:

Agenda for Wednesday, December 7, 2005

    1. The Groundfish Advisory Panel (Panel) will meet to review 
management measures proposed for Framework Adjustment 42 (FW 42) to the 
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. FW 42 is being 
developed to maintain multispecies rebuilding programs adopted in 
Amendment 13 and includes measures designed to reduce fishing mortality 
on several stocks, including Gulf of Maine cod, Cape Cod/Gulf of Maine 
yellowtail flounder, Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail 
flounder, Georges Bank yellowtail flounder, and Georges Bank winter 
flounder. Measures under consideration include changes to the way days-
at-sea are counted, possible additional reductions in allocated days-
at-sea, revised possession limits, and changes to recreational 
measures. The Panel will review proposed measures and will develop 
recommendations on those measures for consideration to the Groundfish 
Oversight Committee and Council at a future date.
    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 withdisabilities. 
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.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 16, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-6398 Filed 11-18-05; 8:45 am]
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