[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 53689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21897]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV095


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 Joint Groundfish Committee and 
Advisory Panel 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 Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 300 Woodbury 
Avenue, Portsmouth, NH 03801; phone: (603) 431-8000.
    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 Groundfish Committee and Advisory Panel will discuss Framework 
Adjustment 59/specifications in particular the development of the draft 
alternatives including updates to annual catch limits for FY2020-
FY2022: Specifications for fifteen groundfish stocks, total allowable 
catches for US/CA management units of Eastern Georges Bank (GB) cod, 
Eastern GB haddock, and GB yellowtail flounder stock, sub-annual catch 
limits for Atlantic sea scallop, small-mesh multispecies, and herring 
fisheries, revisions/additions to commercial/recreational allocations, 
and removal of allocation to the Closed Area I Haddock Hook Gear 
Special Access Program. The group will also discuss Amendment 23/
Groundfish Monitoring and receive an update on progress on the draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). 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 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 3, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-21897 Filed 10-7-19; 8:45 am]
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