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Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Actions will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified 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 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 

Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD754 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Habitat 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 

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meetings will be held at the Holiday 

Inn, 31 Hampshire Street, Mansfield, 

MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339–2200; 

fax: (508) 339–1040. 

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 discuss comments on 

Omnibus Essential Fish Habitat 

Amendment 2. Written public 

comments were submitted between 

October 10, 2014 and January 8, 2015 

and in-person comments were provided 

at twelve public hearings held during 

November, December, and January. 

They will also begin the process of 

developing final preferred alternative 

recommendations for the full Council. 

They will discuss other business as 

necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before these groups 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. 

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

Dated: February 3, 2015. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02507 Filed 2–6–15; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XD755 

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council (Council); Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council will hold a 

meeting of the Ecosystem Scientific and 

Statistical Committee. 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 

9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 

February 25, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management 

Council Office, 2203 North Lois 

Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL 33607. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Morgan Kilgour, Fishery Biologist, Gulf 

of Mexico Fishery Management Council; 

telephone: (813) 348–1630; fax: (813) 

348–1711; email: morgan.kilgour@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items 

of discussion on the agenda are as 

follows: 

Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical 

Committee Agenda, Tuesday, February 

25, 2015, 9 a.m. Until 5 p.m. 

1. Introductions and Adoption of 

Agenda 

2. Approval of Ecosystem portion of 

June 3–5, 2014 Standing, Special 

Reef Fish, and Ecosystem SSC 

summary minutes 

3. Scope of Work 

4. Selection of SSC representative at 

March 30–April 3, 2015 Council 

meeting (Biloxi, MS) 

5. Madison-Swanson and Steamboat 

Lumps Marine Reserves Reports 

a. Protection of grouper and red 

snapper spawning in shelf-edge 

marine reserves of the northeastern 

Gulf of Mexico: Demographics, 

movements, survival and spillover 

effects (2011) 

b. NMFS monitoring report and work 

from Coral Reef Conservation 

Program 

c. Grouper and spawning aggregations 

and reserves 

6. Report of the Ecosystem Based 

Fisheries Management Plan 

Working Group 

a. Goals and Objectives 

b. Ecosystem and Socioeconomic 

Information Needs 

c. Next Steps 

7. Other Ecosystem SSC Business 

a. Summary on Lenfest Task Force 

Meeting 

—Adjourn— 

For meeting materials see folder 

‘‘Ecosystem Scientific and Statistical 

Committee meeting—2015–02’’ on Gulf 

Council file server. To access the file 

server, the URL is https://public.gulf

council.org:5001/webman/index.cgi, or 

go to the Council’s Web site and click 

on the FTP link in the lower left of the 

Council Web site 

(http://www.gulfcouncil.org). The 

username and password are both 

‘‘gulfguest’’. The Agenda is subject to 

change. 

The meeting will be Webcast over the 

Internet. A link to the Webcast will be 

available on the Council’s Web site, 

http://www.gulfcouncil.org. 

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 

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