[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47439-47440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19115]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD430


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's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) Peer Review Panel will meet 
over two days to review scientific information affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and more specifically 
the management of Gulf of Maine cod.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2014 beginning 
at 9:30 a.m. and Friday, August 29, 2014 beginning at 9 a.m.

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ADDRESSES: Meeting Address: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton 
Harborside Hotel, 250 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: 
(603) 431-2300; fax: (603) 433-5649.
    Council Address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda Items

    The SSC Peer Review Panel will meet to review an updated assessment 
for the Gulf of Maine cod stock prepared by the NMFS Northeast 
Fisheries Science Center. The panel will prepare a report of its 
review, although the panel may not complete the report at this meeting, 
for consideration by New England Fishery Management Council in 
developing management measures for Gulf of Maine cod. The review panel 
may close the meeting to the public at some time to work on drafting a 
report.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 8, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-19115 Filed 8-12-14; 8:45 am]
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