[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-38]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA919


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) 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, January 25, 2012 at 8 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Providence, 139 
Mathewson Street Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 861-8000; fax: 
(401) 861-8002.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NEFMC's Scientific and Statistical 
Committee will:
    a. Review the 2011 Gulf of Maine (GOM) cod assessment to become 
familiar with its assumptions and results;
    b. Identify information that was not previously considered and that 
may influence the interpretation of the assessment results; specify 
whether the possible influence of these elements warrants a closer 
examination at a future SSC or other meeting; and provide advice on the 
structure and timing of any future meeting the SSC believes is 
warranted; and
    c. Review a range of catch levels for GOM cod provided by the 
Council's Groundfish Plan Development Team (PDT) and recommend an 
interim catch level for 2012 if warranted. This last step may occur at 
a meeting yet to be scheduled and pending the results of the January 
25, 2012 meeting.
    d. Other business may be discussed.
    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 this meeting. 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 Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 3, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-38 Filed 1-5-12; 8:45 am]
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