[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 13520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05907]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD820


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 Advisory Panel 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, March 31, 2015 at 10 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 Advisory Panel (AP) will begin work on 
development of Amendment 19 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP). Amendment 19 will consider measures to address timing issues 
that inhibit implementation of fishery specifications at the start of 
the scallop fishing year (March 1). The AP will also discuss an issue 
that has been raised at previous meetings related to scallop fishing 
space in near shore areas and issues of differential catch rates for 
general category and limited access vessels. The Council may have a 
workshop later in the year to discuss these issues further. The AP will 
also provide input on preliminary scallop fishing maps being developed 
by the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC). Finally, the AP will 
discuss potential research priorities for the 2016 Scallop Research 
Set-Aside announcement. This will be an initial discussion only, and 
final recommendations will be made at a future meeting. Other issues 
may be discussed.

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: March 11, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-05907 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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