[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 195 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57525-57526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19823]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XD20


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) will hold 
a one-day Council meeting on October 25, 2007, to consider actions 
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 25 beginning at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One 
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: (781) 245-9300.
    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:

Thursday, October 25, 2007

    Following introductions, the Council will review and approve final 
measures for Framework Adjustment 19 to Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery 
Management Plan. The biennial adjustment will set management measures 
for fishing years 2008 and 2009. Among others, management measures will 
include days-at-sea allocations, access area allocations, specific 
measures for the general category fishery, minor modifications to the 
observer set-aside program, consideration of new scallop rotational 
areas, a revision to the overfishing definition, a 30-day Vessel 
Monitoring System power-down provision, a prohibition on deck-loading 
scallops and crew-size restrictions on access area trips. Following a 
lunch break there will be an opportunity for brief comments from the 
public on items relevant to Council business but not otherwise listed 
on the agenda. The meeting will adjourn once all sea scallop agenda 
items are addressed.
    Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda 
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council 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 that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

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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.

    Dated: October 3, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-19823 Filed 10-9-07; 8:45 am]
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