[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12925]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA454


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 June 14-15, 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 Tuesday, June 14 at 10 a.m. and 
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 
High Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-5411; fax: (207) 
775-1066.
    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, June 14, 2011--Wednesday, June 15, 2011

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will receive an 
update from the Groundfish Plan Development Team (PDT) on the process 
for setting Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) for all groundfish stocks 
for the period 2012-14. The PDT will provide the SSC with preliminary 
information comparing past survey trends to stock size. In addition, 
the PDT will describe other analyses that are planned to examine the 
reliability of stock projections. The SSC may provide guidance about 
any further work on these issues.
    Additionally, the SSC will review analyses provided by the Skate 
PDT for the purpose of recommending an ABC for the skate fishery for 
fishing years 2012-2013. The SSC's recommendation will be discussed at 
the June 21-23 Council meeting in Portland, ME.
    On Wednesday, June 15, 2011, the SSC will continue its review of 
the analyses provided by the Skate PDT and recommend an ABC for the 
skate fishery.
    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: May 20, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-12925 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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