[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 64173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25604]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD579


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 Friday, November 14, 2014 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Four Points 
Sheraton, 407 Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone: (781) 284-7200; 
fax: (781) 289-3176.
    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 Framework 26 
analyses and make final recommendations for preferred alternatives. 
Framework 26 includes fishery specifications for FY2015 and FY2016 
(default), which includes days-at-sea allocations, access area 
allocations, individual fishing quota (IFQ) allocations for the general 
category fishery, a hard total allowable catch (TAC) for the Northern 
Gulf of Maine (NGOM) area and target TAC for vessels with a general 
category incidental catch permit. The Committee will also make final 
recommendations on other measures being considered: (1) Measures to 
allow fishing in state waters after federal NGOM TAC is reached; (2) 
measures to make turtle regulations consistent in the scallop fishery 
and slight modification to regulations related to the flaring bar of 
the turtle deflector dredge; (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 measures to allow limited access scallop vessels to declare 
out of the fishery when steaming back to port. Other issues may be 
discussed.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified 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 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: October 23, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-25604 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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