[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28956-28957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9907]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[XRIN: 0648-XA51]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Informational 
Meeting.

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

ACTION: Notice of a public informational meeting.

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SUMMARY: Trans-Boundary Resource Assessment Committee (TRAC) Industry/
Science Data Exchange Meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, June 7, 2007, from 9 a.m. 
to 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Bedford Free Public 
Library, 613 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone: (508) 
991-6279.
    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: Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies 
Fishery Management Plan adopted a system to coordinate the management 
of trans-boundary stocks of cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder with 
Canada. As part of that system, each year, the Trans-Boundary Resource 
Assessment Committee (TRAC)

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conducts assessments of Eastern Georges Bank cod and haddock, and 
Georges Bank yellowtail flounder. These assessments provide the 
scientific advice used to determine management measures (including 
Total Allowable Catches, or TACs) for the U.S./Canada fishing area (see 
50 CFR 648.85(a)). The TRAC is scheduled for June 12-15, 2007 in St. 
Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada.
    Items for discussion at this meeting:
    1. Northeast Fisheries Science Center assessment biologists will 
brief the public on the catches (landings and discards) and survey data 
that will be used in the 2007 assessments of Eastern Georges Bank cod 
and haddock, and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder.
    2. Fishermen are encouraged to attend and provide their 
observations on fishing for cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder on 
Georges Bank in calendar year 2006.
    Assessment results will not be presented because the assessment 
will not be completed until the following week.
    Discussion will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in this notice.
    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: May 18, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-9907 Filed 5-22-07; 8:45 am]
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