[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 7924]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02771]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA037
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 Thursday, February 27, 2020 at 8:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100
Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 567-6789.
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:
Agenda
The Scallop Committee will receive an update on Framework
Adjustment 32 submission and 2020 scallop work priorities. The
committee plans to discuss 2019 fishery performance and outlook for
2020. They will also talk about Amendment 21: Reviewing progress in
2019 and discuss outlook for 2020. They also plan to review Plan
Development Team progress on Committee tasking and develop input on
range of alternatives. The focus on this discussion will primarily be
about Northern Gulf of Maine measures. The Advisory Panel and Committee
will have additional discussion on Limited Access General Category
(LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) trip limits and the one-way
transfer of IFQ from Limited Access (LA) to LAGC at the March 26 and
27, 2020 meetings. They plan to discuss modifications to scallop dredge
exemption areas, status of type-approved vessel monitoring system
units, and implications of larger crew limits on trips to the Nantucket
Lightship South Deep (NLS-S-deep) area on ability of vessels to carry
observers (lift raft capacity). Other business may be discussed as
necessary.
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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date. Consistent with 16
U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is available upon request.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 7, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-02771 Filed 2-11-20; 8:45 am]
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