[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53110]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21649]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV093


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 Thursday, October 24, 2019 at 8:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the New Bedford Harbor Hotel, 
222 Union Street, New Bedford, MA 02740; phone: (508) 999-1292.
    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 Scallop Committee will review Framework (FW) 32 alternatives 
and analyses. The primary focus of this meeting will be to provide 
input on the range of specification alternatives. FW 32 will set 
specifications including ABC/ACLs, days-at-sea, access area 
allocations, total allowable catch for the Northern Gulf of Maine 
(NGOM) management area, targets for General Category incidental catch, 
and set-asides for the observer and research programs for fishing year 
2019 and default specifications for fishing year 2020. Management 
measures in FW 32 include: Measures to mitigate impacts on Georges Bank 
yellowtail flounder. The group will also review the progress toward 
2019 work items, make recommendations on 2020 scallop work priorities, 
and consider approaches for moving priorities forward. If time allows, 
review progress on Amendment 21 to the Scallop FMP. Other business may 
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 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: October 1, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-21649 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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