[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 63812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-26140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XZ72


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel, in November, 
2010, 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 3, 2010 at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Providence Biltmore, 11 
Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 421-0700; fax: 
(401) 455-3050.
    <bullet> Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 
50 Water Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Advisory Panel will review Framework 22 
alternatives and analyses. Framework 22 is considering fishery 
specifications for fishing years 2011 and 2012 including access area 
trips, open area day-at-sea allocations and general category measures. 
This action also includes measures to limit fishing in the Mid-Atlantic 
during the summer and fall to reduce interactions with sea turtles. 
Lastly, the advisors will make research priority recommendations for 
the 2012 Research Set-Aside Program, which will be included in 
Framework 22. The Advisory Panel recommendations will be forwarded to 
the Scallop Oversight Committee to consider as preferred alternatives 
the following day (see agenda below). The Council is scheduled for 
final action on Framework 22 at the November Council meeting in 
Brewster, MA, November 16-18, 2010.
    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 Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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 Paul J. Howard, 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 13, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-26140 Filed 10-15-10; 8:45 am]
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