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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public hearings. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council is convening 

Supplemental Scoping Hearings on 

Draft Amendment 5 to the Northeast 

Skate Complex Fishery Management 

Plan via webinar to consider actions 

affecting New England fisheries in the 

exclusive economic zone. The public 

input received will be brought to the 

full Council for formal consideration 

and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: These webinars will be held on 

Thursday, January 21, 2021 from 3:30 

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Monday, February 

8, 2021, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: These hearings will 

be held via webinar. 

All interested parties can register to 

join the webinars, for the January 21 

webinar: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

3036577748943629579; and February 8 

webinar: https://

attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/ 

6858166806279145739. 

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: 

Public comments: Mail to Thomas A. 

Nies, Executive Director, New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill #2, Newburyport, MA 

01950. Mark the outside of the envelope 

‘‘Northeast Skate Complex Amendment 

5 Scoping Comments. Comments may 

also be sent via fax to 978–465–3116 or 

submitted via email to comments@

nefmc.org with ‘‘Northeast Skate 

Complex Amendment 5 Scoping 

Comments’’ in the subject line. 

Agenda 

During the hearings, Council staff will 

brief the public on Draft Amendment 5 

before receiving comments on the 

amendment. The hearing will begin 

promptly at the time indicated above. If 

all attendees who wish to do so have 

provided their comments prior to the 

end time indicated, the hearing may 

conclude early. To the extent possible, 

the Council may extend hearings 

beyond the end time indicated above to 

accommodate all attendees who wish to 

speak. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on the agenda may come 

before this Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this hearing. Council 

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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided the public has 

been notified of the Council’s intent to 

take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

These hearings are 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 hearing date. 

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

Dated: December 31, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA766] 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

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 via webinar 

of its Groundfish Recreational Advisory 

Panel 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 webinar will be held on 

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 9 a.m. 

Webinar registration URL information: 

https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ 

register/7059051979136795917. 

ADDRESSES: 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 Recreational Advisory Panel will 

discuss and develop recommendations 

to the Groundfish Committee on fishing 

year 2021 recreational measures for Gulf 

of Maine cod and Gulf of Maine 

haddock. They will receive a summary 

of public feedback on developing a 

strawman proposal for a potential 

limited entry program for party/charter 

vessels in the recreational groundfish 

fishery, discuss the proposal, and 

develop recommendations for next steps 

to the Groundfish Committee. The Panel 

will also receive an update on work to 

revise acceptable biological catch (ABC) 

control rules for groundfish stocks. 

Other business will 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. 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: December 31, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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