[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 190 (Friday, September 30, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67312-67313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-23698]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE916


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 Monday, October 17, 2016 at 10:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boston 
Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; phone: (617) 567-6789; 
fax: (617) 461-0798.
    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: 

Agenda

    The Committee will review Framework 28 (FW28) alternatives and 
analyses. The Committee will review any concepts or recommendations 
that come out of the joint Scallop PDT/AP meeting being held on October 
13, 2016. The primary focus of this meeting will be to provide input on 
the range of specification alternatives. FW28 will set specifications 
including ABC/ACLs, DAS, access area allocations for LA and LAGC, hard-
TAC for NGOM management area, target-TAC for LAGC incidental catch and 
set-asides for the observer and research programs for fishing year 2017 
and default specifications for fishing year 2018. Management measures 
in FW28 include: (1) Measures to restrict the possession of shell stock 
inshore of 42[deg]20' N.; (2) measures to apply spatial management to 
fishery specifications (ACL flowchart); (3) measures to modify the 
Closed Area I access area boundary, consistent with potential changes 
to habitat and groundfish mortality closed areas. The Committee may 
discuss scallop related issues under consideration in groundfish 
Framework 56. Other business will be discussed 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

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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: September 27, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-23698 Filed 9-29-16; 8:45 am]
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