[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 213 (Monday, November 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87565-87566]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25587]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE433]


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.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a hybrid meeting of its Scallop 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 meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This meeting will be held at Hilton Garden Inn, 
Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02110, Phone (617) 567-
5678.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocOqtqD8qH9Z2sXIMGe2LNCkb5NmQPHSH.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Executive Director, New 
England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Scallop Advisory Panel will meet to discuss: Framework 39 
(FW39): Review specifications alternatives in FW39 and select final 
preferred alternatives. FW39 will set specifications including the 
overfishing limit (OFL), acceptable biological catch/annual catch limit 
(ABC/ACLs), days-at-sea (DAS), access area allocations for Limited 
Access (LA) vessels, quota and access area trip allocation to the 
Limited Access General Category (LAGC) Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) 
component, Total Allowable Landings (TAL) for the Northern Gulf of 
Maine (NGOM) management area, a target-Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for 
LAGC incidental catch and set-asides for the observer and research 
programs for fishing year 2025, and default specifications for fishing 
year 2026. This

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action also considers modifying the seasonal bycatch closure of Area II 
to improve yield and reduce impacts to northern windowpane flounder and 
modifying the possession prohibition for NGOM-permitted scallop vessels 
on a declared NGOM trip to possess scallops outside of the NGOM 
management area. Other business will be discussed, if necessary.
    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 meeting. 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 Magnuson-Stevens 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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Cate O'Keefe, 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 30, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25587 Filed 11-1-24; 8:45 am]
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