[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 51784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16690]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD189]


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 public meeting of its Habitat Advisory Panel via webinar 
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, August 23, 2023 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7856590455563190106.
    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 Advisory Panel will discuss draft alternatives for the Northern 
Edge Habitat Scallop Framework. They will discuss progress towards 
completion of the Council's 5-year EFH review. They will also review 
recent Council coordination with BOEM and NOAA related to offshore wind 
leasing in the Gulf of Maine, and on other offshore wind issues. Also 
on the agenda is habitat work priorities for 2024. In addition to 
habitat actions, the Advisory Panel should identify offshore wind and 
aquaculture-related work items. 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 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 1, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-16690 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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