[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 179 (Monday, September 17, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52863-52864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18227]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC62


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 
October, 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: This meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, One 
Thuber 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 identify alternatives to 
be developed for consideration in Framework Adjustment 5 possibly 
including, but not limited to, changes to the biological reference 
points (as recommended by the recent stock assessment workshop), days-
at-sea (DAS) carryover limits, minimum mesh requirements for vessels 
fishing on a monkfish/multispecies DAS, monkfish landings under the 3-
hour gillnet rule, frontloading of monkfish DAS, Mid-Atlantic area 
large mesh monkfish incidental catch limits, monkfish gillnet rules for 
vessels fishing as a multispecies trip gillnet vessel and the 
requirement to obtain a monkfish Letter of Authorization to fish in the 
northern management area. The final list of issues to be addressed 
depends on the decisions of the New England Fishery Management Council 
at its September meeting.
    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

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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: September 12, 2007.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-18227 Filed 9-14-07; 8:45 am]
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