[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 88 (Friday, May 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26253-26254]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11106]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA417


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 Oversight Committee, in May, 
2011, 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, May 25, 2011 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 
MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone: (774) 634-2000; fax: 
(774) 634-2001.
    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 review input from the 
Scallop Plan Development Team and the Scallop Advisory Panel related to 
development of Framework 23 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan. To 
date, Framework 23 is considering alternatives to potentially require a 
turtle deflector dredge, revise the yellowtail flounder accountability 
measures (AMs) proposed in Amendment 15, and possibly modify

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the limited access general category management program for the Northern 
Gulf of Maine (NGOM) area. The action may also include measures to 
develop alternatives to modify the current vessel monitoring system 
(VMS) regulations to improve scallop fleet operations (e.g., how days-
at-sea are charged and how a vessel declares into the fishery). There 
will be a presentation from NMFS staff on the current estimate of 
yellowtail flounder catch by the scallop fishery in FY2010 as well as a 
description of how yellowtail flounder will be monitored in the future. 
The Committee will review recent correspondence related to potentially 
initiating an action to consider an additional limited access general 
category permit based on medical hardship. The Committee may also 
discuss other business at this 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 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 Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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: May 3, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-11106 Filed 5-5-11; 8:45 am]
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