[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02775]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA036]


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 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, February 26, 2020 at 
8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 
Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (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 Scallop Advisory Panel will receive an update on Framework 
Adjustment 32 submission and 2020 scallop work priorities. The panel 
plans to discuss 2019 fishery performance and outlook for 2020. They 
will also talk about Amendment 21: Reviewing progress in 2019 and 
discuss outlook for 2020. They also plan to review Plan Development 
Team (PDT) progress on Committee tasking and develop input on range of 
alternatives. The focus on this discussion will primarily be about 
Northern Gulf of Maine measures. The Advisory Panel and Committee will 
have additional discussion on Limited Access General Category (LAGC) 
Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) trip limits and the one-way transfer of 
IFQ from Limited Access (LA) to LAGC at the March 26 and 27, 2020 
meetings. They plan to discuss modifications to scallop dredge 
exemption areas, status of type-approved vessel monitoring system (VMS) 
units, and implications of larger crew limits on trips to the Nantucket 
Lightship South Deep (NLS-S-deep) area on ability of vessels to carry 
observers (lift raft capacity). 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. 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: February 7, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-02775 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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