[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 92 (Wednesday, May 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 27288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11569]



[[Page 27288]]

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Committee on 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 28, 2015 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Fairfield Inn & 
Suites, 185 MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone: (774) 
634-2000; fax: (774) 634-2001.
    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 progress and make 
recommendations related to Amendment 19, which is considering measures 
to address timing issues that inhibit implementation of fishery 
specifications at the start of the scallop fishing year (March 1). The 
Committee 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 this year to 
discuss these issues further as well as review a draft action plan for 
Framework 27 that will consider fishery specifications for 2016 and 
default measures for 2017. The Committee will discuss final research 
priority recommendations for the 2016 Scallop Research Set-Aside 
announcement. All recommendations will be forwarded to the Council for 
their June 2015 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: May 8, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-11569 Filed 5-12-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P