[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 33441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9025]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060506B]


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 meetings of its Monkfish Oversight Committee in 
June, 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 Thursday, June 29, 2006, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire 
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200.
    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 Monkfish Plan Development Team (PDT) 
will present to the committee its analysis of, and recommendations for, 
target total allowable catch (TAC) alternatives and associated 
management measures for Framework 4. In addition, the PDT will provide 
comments and recommendations on other measures previously identified by 
the committee for consideration in Framework 4. The measures to be 
discussed include, but are not limited to, monkfish trip limits and 
days-at-sea usage requirements in the northern management area, days-
at-sea leasing, industry proposals for a large-mesh gillnet category 
and a shift in the boundary of the monkfish fishery off the North 
Carolina/Virginia coast.
    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: June 6, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-9025 Filed 6-8-06; 8:45 am]
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