[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 60698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17073]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101006B]


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

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 3, 2006, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, One Newbury 
Street, Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978) 535-4600.
    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:
    The Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet to continue work on 
the adjustment to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan 
that is planned for implementation on May 1, 2009. This adjustment will 
adopt management measures necessary to continue the stock rebuilding 
programs that were adopted in 2004 by Amendment 13. For this action the 
Council is planning to submit an amendment supported by an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). A notice of intent will be 
published announcing plans to prepare an EIS and announcing the scoping 
period and a series of scoping meetings. In order to facilitate 
informed comments during the scoping period, the Council plans to 
prepare a scoping document that will describe the standards and/or 
requirements that should be considered when submitting comments. At 
this meeting, the Committee will develop advice for the Council to 
consider when establishing those standards. This Committee meeting will 
be held in the form of a workshop. Committee members will be assigned 
to working groups that will be assisted by the participation of members 
of the Groundfish Advisory Panel, Recreational Advisory Panel, and 
Groundfish Plan Development Team. The Committee may also consider other 
business after the workshop discussions are concluded. Workshop 
discussions will be reported to the Council on November 14-16, 2006. 
After the Council reviews and acts on the Committee recommendations, a 
scoping document will be prepared and published.
    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.

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

    Dated: October 11, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-17073 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am]
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