[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43266-43267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-18277]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA582


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

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 9-10, 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, August 9 at 10 a.m. and 
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Seaport Hotel, 200 Seaport 
Boulevard, Ste 500, Boston, MA 02210; telephone: (617) 385-4000; fax: 
(617) 385-4001.
    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 9, 2011-Wednesday, August 10, 2011

    The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will continue to 
develop the methods for setting ABCs for the Northeast Multispecies FMP 
for FY 2012-14. Additionally, the SSC will review analyses provided by 
the Whiting PDT in response to the guidance it received at the April 
12-13, 2011 SSC meeting and recommend ABCs for the stocks of silver 
hake, red hake and white hake skate fishery for inclusion in Amendment 
19 (small mesh multispecies component) to the

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Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan.
    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: July 15, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-18277 Filed 7-19-11; 8:45 am]
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