[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60665-60666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19097]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD313]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a hybrid meeting of its Scallop Joint Advisory Panel and 
Plan Development Team 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, September 20, 2023, at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport 
Hotel, 2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 298-2294.
    Webinar URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/665193973090158423.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-
0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda

    The Advisory Panel and Plan Development Team will discuss Framework 
38--Review results of 2023 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 2024 and FY 
2025. 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 2024 and 
default specifications for fishing year 2025.
    They also plan to discuss the Northern Edge Action--Review work in 
response to tasking. Discuss possible measures for development in a 
Northern Edge Habitat Scallop Framework. Also on the agenda is work 
priorities (Advisory Panel and Committee Only)--Receive updates on the 
progress toward 2023 work priorities and Committee tasking. Provide 
input on the range of possible 2024 scallop work priorities. 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 Cate O'Keefe, Ph.D., Executive Director, at (978) 
465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.


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    Dated: August 30, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-19097 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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