[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 198 (Thursday, October 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25888]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XZ63


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 Monkfish Committee, on November 2, 
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: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Providence Biltmore Hotel, 
11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401) 421-0700; 
fax: (401) 455-3050.
    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 New England Fishery Management Council's 
(NEFMC) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) has recommended 
revisions to the monkfish biomass reference points and the Acceptable 
Biological Catch (ABC) limits. For the Northern Management Area (NMS), 
the recommended ABC is below the Annual Catch Target (ACT) recently 
submitted by the New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils to the Secretary 
of Commerce in Amendment 5. In response, the NEFMC has initiated 
Framework 7 to adopt a revised NMA ACT and associated specifications of 
days-at-sea (DAS) allocations and trip limits. At this meeting, the 
Committee will review the Plan Development Team's analysis of 
alternative ACTs and specifications prior to the initial meeting of the 
NEFMC on Framework 7. The New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils have 
also declared their intent to consider catch shares management for the 
monkfish fishery and to initiate Amendment 6 for that purpose. At this 
meeting, the Committee will review a draft information package/scoping 
document prepared by the staff to be used in the initial public 
meetings on Amendment 6 later this fall.
    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 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 8, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-25888 Filed 10-13-10; 8:45 am]
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