80 FR 13519 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)

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.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13519-13520]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05908]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD821


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 Wednesday, April 1, 2015 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 begin work on development 
of Amendment 19 to the Scallop Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Amendment 
19 will consider measures to address timing issues that inhibit 
implementation of fishery specifications at the start of the scallop 
fishing year (March 1). They will also discuss an issue that has been 
raised at

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previous meetings related to scallop fishing space in near shore areas 
and issues of differential catch rates for general category and limited 
access vessels. The Council may have a workshop later in the year to 
discuss these issues further. Finally, the committee will discuss 
potential research priorities for the 2016 Scallop Research Set-Aside 
announcement. This will be an initial discussion only, and final 
recommendations will be made at a future meeting. Other business may be 
discussed.

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: March 11, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-05908 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am]
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