[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 64173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25604]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XD579
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 Scallop Committee 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, November 14, 2014 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Four Points
Sheraton, 407 Squire Road, Revere, MA 02151; telephone: (781) 284-7200;
fax: (781) 289-3176.
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: The Committee will review Framework 26
analyses and make final recommendations for preferred alternatives.
Framework 26 includes fishery specifications for FY2015 and FY2016
(default), which includes days-at-sea allocations, access area
allocations, individual fishing quota (IFQ) allocations for the general
category fishery, a hard total allowable catch (TAC) for the Northern
Gulf of Maine (NGOM) area and target TAC for vessels with a general
category incidental catch permit. The Committee will also make final
recommendations on other measures being considered: (1) Measures to
allow fishing in state waters after federal NGOM TAC is reached; (2)
measures to make turtle regulations consistent in the scallop fishery
and slight modification to regulations related to the flaring bar of
the turtle deflector dredge; (3) measures to modify the existing area
closure accountability measures in place for Georges Bank and Southern
New England/Mid-Atlantic yellowtail flounder, and develop new
accountability measures for northern windowpane flounder; and (4)
consider measures to allow limited access scallop vessels to declare
out of the fishery when steaming back to port. Other issues may be
discussed.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this
meeting. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified 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 meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: October 23, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-25604 Filed 10-27-14; 8:45 am]
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