[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 49 (Friday, March 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12144-12145]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04054]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE749]
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
holding a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC) 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 Friday, April 4, 2025, beginning at
9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Webinar Registration information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/KdBy56K9S7uxwrsadkeIQg.
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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will meet to
Consider revising recommendations for the overfishing limits (OFL) and
acceptable biological catches (ABC) for Atlantic herring: specifically
review updated information provided by the Council's Atlantic Herring
Plan Development Team (PDT) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission's Atlantic Herring Technical Committee (TC) including: (1)
Stock projections with an updated fishing year (FY) 2024 fishery catch
estimate and a risk analysis prepared by the PDT/TC, and (2) Outcomes
from the March 2025 peer review of the Research Track Stock Assessment
and recommend Atlantic
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herring OFLs and ABCs for FYs 2025 and 2026, based on the new
information and consider default specifications for FY2027. The
Committee will also receive an overview of and discuss the SSC work
plan for 2025. They will also provide input on potential themes for the
ninth meeting of the Council Coordination Committee's Scientific
Coordination Subcommittee. 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: March 10, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-04054 Filed 3-13-25; 8:45 am]
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