105006 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 247 / Thursday, December 26, 2024 / Notices 

Public Engagement Workshop via 

webinar. 

DATES: The webinar will convene 

Thursday, January 16, 2025, from 6 p.m. 

to 9 p.m., EST. 

ADDRESSES: The workshop will take 

place via webinar. You may participate 

by accessing the log-on information by 

visiting our website at 

www.gulfcouncil.org. 

Council address: Gulf of Mexico 

Fishery Management Council, 4107 W 

Spruce Street, Suite 200, Tampa, FL 

33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Muehlstein, Public Information 

Officer, Gulf of Mexico Fishery 

Management Council; telephone: (813) 

348–1630; Emily.Muehlstein@

gulfcouncil.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Thursday, January 16, 2025; 6 p.m.–9 

a.m., EST 

The meeting will begin with a brief 

presentation on the purpose of the 

Recreational Initiative, provide a brief 

overview of results of the second 

Working Group Meeting, and outline the 

meeting format and expected outcomes. 

Staff will ask a series of open-ended 

questions and allow for open public 

comment on the Recreational Initiative. 

Visit the Gulf Council’s website for 

meeting registration information: 

https://gulfcouncil.org/recreationalinitiative/. After registering, you will 

receive a confirmation email containing 

information about joining the webinar. 

Public feedback on the Recreational 

Initiative will also be gathered online 

through an online feedback tool located 

at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/ 

1FAIpQLSfwnQ6AgzIBmgx0k18

yzcPpDm0RDUVzyybR05mxoJVRmBdQg/viewform. 

The meeting will be via webinar only. 

You may register for the webinar by 

visiting www.gulfcouncil.org and click 

on the meeting on the calendar. 

The timing and order in which agenda 

items are addressed may change as 

required to effectively address the issue, 

and the latest version along with other 

meeting materials will be posted on the 

website as they become available. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. Requests for 

sign language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aid or accommodations should 

be directed to Kathy Pereira, (813) 348– 

1630, at least 15 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: December 18, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30626 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE534] 

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 of its 

Scallop Committee via webinar 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, January 14, 2025 at 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Webinar registration URL 

information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/ 

meeting/register/tJwlcuyqrj8vG9PZk_

BAqawjkMxGEXiGZc44. 

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 Committee will meet to 

Review 2025 Scallop Work Priorities, 

including a work plan for this calendar 

year. The discussion will focus on the 

development of a Long-Term Strategic 

Plan. 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 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 

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: December 18, 2024. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–30625 Filed 12–23–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE518] 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut 

and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota 

Cost Recovery Program 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS); National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of standard prices and 

fee percentage. 

SUMMARY: NMFS publishes the 

individual fishing quota (IFQ) standard 

prices and fee percentage for cost 

recovery for the IFQ Program for the 

halibut and sablefish fisheries of the 

North Pacific (IFQ Program). The fee 

percentage for 2024 is 3.0 percent. This 

action is intended to provide holders of 

halibut and sablefish IFQ permits with 

the 2024 standard prices and fee 

percentage to calculate the required 

payment for IFQ cost recovery fees due 

by January 31, 2025. 

DATES: The standard prices and fee 

percentages are valid on December 26, 

2024 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charmaine Weeks, Fee Coordinator, 

907–586–7231. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

NMFS Alaska Region administers the 

IFQ Program in the North Pacific. The 

IFQ Program is a limited access system 

authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens 


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