[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 121 (Monday, June 23, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35372-35373]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-14069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XI56


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee 
on July 10, 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 Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 8:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Gulf of Maine Research 
Institute, 350 Commercial Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 
772-2321; fax: (207) 772-6855.
    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: In addition to electing a Chairman and Vice 
Chairman, the Science and Statistical Committee (SSC) will: (1) review 
and develop comments on the NMFS proposed rule that addresses 
requirements for annual catch limits and accountability measures; (2) 
as part of Amendment 16 to the Council's Northeast Multispecies 
(Groundfish) Fishery Management Plan, review a proposed process for 
setting northeast multispecies overfishing levels, acceptable 
biological catch and annual catch limits; (3) review Groundfish Plan 
Development Team guidance for evaluating uncertainty when setting 
annual catch limits, and; 4) review analytic techniques for estimating 
the economic impacts of groundfish management actions.
    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 listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice

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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: June 18, 2008.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-14069 Filed 6-20-08; 8:45 am]
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