[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 52322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-14613]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082906E]


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 Monkfish Oversight Committee in 
September, 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 Monday, September 18, 2006, at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, One 
Thurber 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 the Monkfish Plan 
Development Team's (PDT) analysis of target total allowable catch (TAC) 
alternatives and associated trip limits and days-at-sea (DAS) 
alternatives for consideration in Framework Adjustment 4. The Committee 
may propose eliminating some alternatives but will withhold making 
final recommendations until the next meeting, which will be held 
following an Advisory Panel meeting and prior to the November 6-8 New 
England Council meeting. The Committee will also review and complete 
development of other alternatives proposed for consideration in 
Framework Adjustment 4, including, but not limited to: eliminating the 
directed fishery; requiring vessels to install vessel monitoring 
systems (VMS) and to use the VMS to report daily catch information; 
backstop provisions to ensure that management measures achieve the 
target TACs on an ongoing basis; modification or elimination of the DAS 
carryover provision; and modification of the boundary of the North 
Carolina/Virginia area monkfish fishery.
    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: August 30, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-14613 Filed 9-1-06; 8:45 am]
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