[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 168-169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25472]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XE69


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 Scallop Committee in January, 2008 
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 Friday, January 25, 2008, at 8:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft, 50 
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 777-2500; fax: 
(978) 750-7991.
    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 initiated a new amendment to the 
Scallop Fishery Management Plan ini November (2007) (Amendment 15). The 
Council identified a number of issues to be considered including: 
measures to comply with new Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act requirements such as annual catch limits (ACLs) and 
accountability measures (AMs); rationalization of the limited access 
scallop fishery; consideration of a mechanism for sectors in the 
limited access scallop fishery; and re-consideration of the current 
scallop overfishing definition. The committee will review and develop a 
draft scoping document for Amendment 15 for the Council to consider at 
the February 2008 Council

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meeting. Other business will be discussed if time allows.

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 27, 2007.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E7-25472 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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