[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52934-52935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18696]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC311]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Scallop Committee to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ). This meeting will be held in-person with a webinar option. 
Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for 
formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: This webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 9 
a.m.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3533410783385643788.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn Boston 
Logan Airport, 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 Committee will discuss Framework 36--review results of 2022 
scallop surveys, and preliminary projections. The primary focus of this 
meeting will be to develop input on the range of potential 
specification alternatives for FY 2023 and FY 2024. The action will set 
ABC/ACLs, days-at-sea, access area allocations, total allowable 
landings for the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management area, targets 
for General Category incidental catch, General Category access area 
trips and trip accounting, and set-asides for the observer and research 
programs for fishing year 2023 and default specifications for fishing 
year 2024. They also plan to review work priorities--receive updates on 
the progress toward 2022 work priorities and Committee tasking. Provide 
input on the range of possible 2023 scallop work priorities. Also, on 
the agenda is Scoping for Limited Access Leasing--review input gathered 
through the scoping process and recommend whether the Council should 
initiate an amendment to develop measures that would allow leasing in 
the Limited Access component of the fishery. Other business will be 
discussed, if necessary.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained on the agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Council 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. The public also should be aware that the meeting 
will be recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the 
recording is available upon request.

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: August 25, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18696 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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