[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 159 (Tuesday, August 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49988-49989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-20341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE110


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 Groundfish 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 Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 
100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; Phone: (617) 567-6789; Fax: 
(617) 561-0798.
    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 items of discussion on the agenda are:
    The committee will discuss Framework Adjustment 55 (FW55): (a) 
Receive an update on the development of FW55/specifications and the 
addition of a sector, (b) receive an overview of the Transboundary 
Resource Assessment Committee Assessments for Eastern Georges Bank 
(EGB) cod, EGB Haddock and Georges Bank yellowtail flounder, (c) review 
analysis from the Groundfish Plan Development Team (PDT), (d) discuss 
recommendations to the Council. The committee will receive an update on 
the development of the At-

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Sea Monitoring Framework Adjustment and a review analysis from the PDT 
then discuss recommendations to the council. They will also receive an 
overview of the Amendment 18 (A18) Public Hearings and develop if 
necessary final recommendations to the council on preferred 
alternatives in A18. The committee also plans to discuss concerns 
raised by the recreational fishery regarding Gulf of Maine cod and 
haddock. Additionally, they will discuss enforcement concerns for the 
Groundfish Fishery on EGB in order to improve identification of the 
separator panel within the trawl net and discuss recommendations to the 
council. They will also discuss other business as necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed 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: August 13, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-20341 Filed 8-17-15; 8:45 am]
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