[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 45852]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD984]


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 public hybrid meeting of its Joint Groundfish Advisory and 
Recreational Panels 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 hybrid meeting will be held on Monday, June 10, 2024, at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 50 
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 777-2500.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0ID_u7IORiSzMSDP71w9CA.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Groundfish Advisory and Recreational Panels will meet jointly 
to update industry with share perspectives on fishery performance the 
past year and considerations for the current fishing year, with a focus 
on U.S./CA stocks, and other stocks as time permits. They will also 
review draft alternatives for cod stock unit definitions (for Amendment 
25), review work to develop options to prorate catch limits from four 
cod stock units to two current management units (for Framework 69), 
receive an update on analysis of fishery data, and receive update from 
public workshops. The Panels will receive a report on Framework 
Adjustment 69/Specifications and Management Measures (to be initiated) 
that is anticipated to include status determination criteria for cod 
stocks, fishing years (FY) 2025-2027 specifications for Eastern Gulf of 
Maine (GOM) cod, Western GOM cod, Georges Bank (GB) cod, Southern New 
England cod, GOM haddock, GB haddock, American plaice, witch flounder, 
pollock, and Atlantic halibut, FY2025-2026 U.S./Canada total allowable 
catches (TACs) for, Eastern GB cod, Eastern GB haddock, and GB 
yellowtail flounder, revisions to sub-annual catch limits and 
accountability measures triggers for yellowtail flounder (Southern New 
England/Mid-Atlantic and Georges Bank) and windowpane flounder 
(northern and southern) in the scallop fishery, and sector reporting 
requirements. They will also receive an update on information the 
Habitat and Scallop Plan Development Teams are considering as they 
develop alternatives for the Northern Edge Habitat-Scallop framework, 
with a focus on approaches to minimize impacts to juvenile cod and 
their habitats as well as make recommendations to the Groundfish 
Committee, as appropriate.
    Other business will be discussed as 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, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: May 21, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-11520 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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