[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 163 (Thursday, August 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 43793]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV034


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 Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 
Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02129; phone: (617) 567-6789.
    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 the draft Environmental Impact Statement 
(DEIS) and recommend preliminary preferred alternatives, as well as 
discuss draft alternatives focusing on (1) 2020 total allowable catches 
for U.S./Canada stocks of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod, Eastern GB 
haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder and (2) revisions to the GB cod 
Incidental Catch TAC to remove the allocation to the Closed Area I 
(CAI) Haddock Special Access Program (SAP). The committee will also 
discuss a draft list of possible groundfish priorities for 2020 and 
will also receive an update on the Commercial Electronic Vessel Trip 
Reporting (eVTR) Omnibus Framework, which proposes to implement 
electronic VTRs for all vessels with commercial permits for species 
managed by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management 
Councils. The committee will also review Groundfish Plan Development 
Team, Groundfish Advisory Panel, and Transboundary Management Guidance 
Committee recommendations and make recommendations to the Council, and 
discuss other business as necessary. A Closed Session will be held for 
Committee members only to review the Recreation Advisory Panel and 
Groundfish Advisory Panel applications for 2020-22 and provide 
recommendations.
    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 these meetings. 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. This meeting will be 
recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 
available upon request.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 16, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-18072 Filed 8-21-19; 8:45 am]
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