[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 42 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9736-9737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3787]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022707E]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panels and its 
Scallop Committee in March, 2007, to consider actions affecting New 
England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations 
from these groups will be brought to the full Council for formal 
consideration and action, if appropriate

DATES: These meetings will be held on Monday, March 19, 2007, at 8 a.m. 
and Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 
2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 739-3000; fax: 
(401) 732-9309.
    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 panel's schedule and agenda for the 
meetings are as follows:

1. Monday, March 19, 2007; General Category Scallop Advisory Panel 
Meeting, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m. and a Joint General Category and Scallop 
Advisory Panel Meeting, 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

    In the morning, the General Category advisors will meet 
individually to review the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (DSEIS) for Amendment 11 to the Scallop Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) and make final recommendations for the Scallop Committee to 
consider as preferred alternatives related to limited entry 
qualification alternatives. In the afternoon, both scallop advisory 
panels will meet jointly to further review the DSEIS for Amendment 11 
to the Scallop FMP and make final recommendations for the Scallop 
Committee to consider as preferred alternatives related to all other 
measures in the document. If time permits, the advisors will discuss 
and develop potential alternatives to

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improve the industry- funded observer set-aside program for the Scallop 
Committee to consider for inclusion in Framework 19 to the Scallop FMP. 
The advisors may consider other topics at their discretion.

2. Tuesday, March 20, 2007; Scallop Committee Meeting, 8:30 a.m.

    The committee will review the DSEIS for Amendment 11 and consider 
input from the Scallop Plan Development Team and advisors concerning 
final recommendations for preferred alternatives for the Council to 
consider at the April 2007 Council meeting. If time permits, the 
Committee will consider further development of alternatives for 
Framework 19 to the Scallop FMP. Framework 19 is a biennial framework 
to set management measures for fishing years 2008 and 2009. The 
Committee may consider other topics at their discretion.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups 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

    These meetings are 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: February 28, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries Service, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-3787 Filed 3-2-07; 8:45 am]
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