[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 150 (Thursday, August 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 47268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19305]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XY00


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; 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 August 24-26, 2010, 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 Tuesday, August 24 at 10 a.m. and 
Wednesday and Thursday, August 25-26, 2010 at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Langham Hotel, 250 Franklin 
Street, Boston, MA 02110; telephone: (617) 451-1900; fax: (617) 482-
7949.
    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:

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will discuss 
business concerning upcoming meetings, committee membership and tasks 
for the next meeting; develop an updated Acceptable Biological Catch 
(ABC) recommendation for the monkfish resource, based on the 2010 Stock 
Assessment Review Committee findings.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

    The SSC will develop an ABC recommendation for sea scallops for 
fishing years 2011-12 based on the previously approved ABC control 
rule; evaluate applications(s) of the Swept Area Seabed Impact (SASI) 
model for use in developing management alternatives for Phase 2 of the 
Council's Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2, including the appropriateness of 
Local Indicators of Spatial Association or LISA, spatial analysis 
methods for defining clusters of high Z, and the appropriateness of the 
Z Net Stock model for comparing practicability among management 
alternatives; develop recommendations for ABCs for several groundfish 
stocks including pollock, Gulf of Maine winter flounder, both northern 
and southern windowpane flounder, ocean pout and Georges Bank 
yellowtail flounder.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

    The SSC will complete the development of ABCs for the groundfish 
stocks identified above.
    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 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: August 2, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-19305 Filed 8-4-10; 8:45 am]
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