[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 247 (Tuesday, December 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77387-77388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-22064]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 122006C]


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 Multispecies (Groundfish) Oversight 
Committee (Committee) in January, 2007, 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, January 18, 2007, at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire 
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200; fax: (508) 337-
8677.
    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 Council has begun development of 
Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

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(FMP). This amendment will adjust measures as necessary to continue the 
stock rebuilding programs adopted by Amendment 13 to the FMP on May 1, 
2004. The amendment may also consider other adjustments to management 
measures or alternatives to the effort control system currently used to 
manage the multispecies fishery. On November 6, 2006, the Council 
published a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Supplementary 
Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to support this amendment (71 FR 
64941) and announced a scoping period that ended on December 29, 2006. 
The Committee will meet to review comments received during the scoping 
period. Based on this review, the Committee will develop 
recommendations for what issues and ideas should be considered in the 
development of the amendment and SEIS. Since alternative management 
system proposals will probably be received during the scoping period, 
the Committee may begin to evaluate those proposals and recommend which 
should be further developed for consideration. These recommendations 
will be considered by the full Council at its meeting in February, 
2007. The Committee will also meet in closed session to discuss 
Advisory Panel appointments.
    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: December 20, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-22064 Filed 12-22-06; 8:45 am]
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