[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 23258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-09669]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD913


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 Thursday, May 14, 2015, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Courtyard by 
Marriott, 55 Jefferson Park Road, Warwick, RI, 02888; telephone: (401) 
467-6900; fax: (401) 467-2666.
    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 meet to discuss 
several issues. First, the AP will review progress and make 
recommendations related to Amendment 19 alternatives. Amendment 19 is 
considering measures to address timing issues that inhibit 
implementation of fishery specifications at the start of the scallop 
fishing year (March 1). The Advisory Panel 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 review a draft action plan for Framework 27 that will consider 
fishery specifications for 2016 and default measures for 2017. Finally, 
the Advisory Panel will discuss final research priority recommendations 
for the 2016 Scallop Research Set-Aside announcement. All 
recommendations will be forwarded to the Scallop Committee meeting that 
is scheduled several weeks later.

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: April 22, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-09669 Filed 4-24-15; 8:45 am]
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