[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 11406]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3156]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030206A]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 public meeting of its Scallop Committee in March, 2006 to 
consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive 
economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, March 31, 2006, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, One 
Thuber Street, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 734-9600; fax: (401) 
734-9700.
    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 committee will review public comments 
received during scoping for Scallop Amendment 11. The Committee will 
also review input from both the Scallop and General Category Scallop 
Advisory Panels about the scope of Amendment 11. The committee will 
review and recommend for Council consideration goals and objectives for 
Amendment 11. The committee will begin development alternatives for 
consideration in the Amendment 11 Draft Supplemental Environmental 
Impact Statement (DSEIS), including, but not limited to, identifying an 
appropriate range of resource allocation between the limited access and 
general category scallop fisheries and potential qualification criteria 
for a limited entry program for the general category fishery and will 
identify research priorities for the research set-aside program for 
fishing year 2007. The committee may consider other topics at their 
discretion.
    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, Executive Director, at 978-465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: March 2, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3156 Filed 3-6-06; 8:45 am]
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