[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 173 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 53173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21290]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD488


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 Scallop Committee 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, September 24, 2014 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Providence, 
139 Mathewson Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 861-4306; 
fax: (401) 454-4306.
    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: The Committee will review 2014 scallop 
survey results and preliminary recommendations from the Scallop Plan 
Development Team for FY 2015 and FY 2016 (default) fishery 
specifications (Framework 26). The Committee will also provide input on 
other measures under consideration in Framework 26: (1) Measures to 
allow fishing in state waters after federal Northern Gulf of Maine 
(NGOM) TAC is reached; (2) measures to make turtle regulations 
consistent in the scallop fishery; (3) measures to modify the existing 
area closure accountability measures in place for Georges Bank and 
Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder, and develop new 
accountability measures for northern windowpane flounder; and (4) 
consider an inshore transit corridor for limited access scallop vessels 
to declare out of the fishery. The Committee will also provide input on 
potential Council work priorities for 2015 related to the scallop 
management plan. The Council is expected to discuss these issues at the 
September Council meeting.

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, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: September 3, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-21290 Filed 9-5-14; 8:45 am]
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