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New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exc...

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Department of Commerce

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC252]

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY:

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This meeting will be held in-person with a webinar option. Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES:

This hybrid meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, at 8:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES:

Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02129; phone: (617) 567-6789.

Webinar registration URL information: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6526743228584193806. ( printed page 49581)

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 Monkfish Advisory Panel will receive the revised draft Monkfish Fishery Performance Report and have any further discussion before finalizing the report. The panel will also receive a progress update on developing 2023-25 specifications and other management measures (regarding Days-At-Sea, possession limits, and gillnet mesh size) and make any further recommendations to the committee on alternatives. They will also develop monkfish Priority recommendations and bring to the committee for 2023 Council management priorities regarding monkfish. This could include an action to address the NOAA Fisheries Draft Action Plan to Reduce Atlantic Sturgeon Bycatch in Federal Large Mesh Gillnet Fisheries. 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 these meetings. 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 date. This meeting will be recorded. 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: August 5, 2022.

Rey Israel Marquez,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2022-17239 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

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87 FR 49580

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“New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (August 11, 2022), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2022-17239/new-england-fishery-management-council-public-meeting.