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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Courtyard Marriott Boston Logan 

Airport, 225 McClellan Highway, 

Boston, MA; phone: (617) 569–5250. 

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: 

Agenda 

The Committee will review 

Framework Adjustment 57/ 

Specifications and Management 

Measures, review the draft alternatives 

under consideration, the Groundfish 

Plan Development Team’s (PDT) impact 

analysis, and make recommendations on 

preferred alternatives to the Council. 

They will also discuss Amendment 23/ 

Groundfish Monitoring and review an 

updated draft outline prepared by the 

PDT of the likely range of alternatives 

and make recommendations to the 

Council. The committee will also hold 

a discussion of possible groundfish 

priorities for 2018 and make 

recommendations to the Council. They 

also plan to discuss several recent 

Executive Orders that have been issued 

about streamlining current regulations, 

and NOAA is seeking public input on 

the efficiency and effectiveness of 

current regulations and whether they 

can be improved. Discuss whether there 

are any regulations in the Northeast 

Multispecies fishery management plan 

that could be eliminated, improved, or 

streamlined. The committee will also 

review Groundfish Advisory Panel and 

Recreational Advisory Panel 

recommendations and make 

recommendations to the council. Other 

business will be discussed as necessary. 

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 these meetings. 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. 

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. This meeting will be 

recorded. Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 

1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: November 7, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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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 

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 29, 2017 at 9 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Hilton Garden Inn Logan Airport, 

100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 

02128; phone: (617) 567–6789. 

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: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Advisory Panel will 

review Framework 29 (FW 29) 

alternatives and analyses, and make 

final recommendations. FW 29 will set 

specifications including acceptable 

biological catch/annual catch limit 

(ABC/ACLs), Days at Sea (DAS), access 

area allocations for Limited Access (LA) 

and Limited Access General Category 

(LAGC), Total Allowable Catch (TAC) 

for Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) 

management area, target-TAC for LAGC 

incidental catch and set-asides for the 

observer and research programs for 

fishing year 2018 and default 

specifications for fishing year 2019. 

Make final recommendations for 

potential FW 29 specifications that 

includes areas that may open through 

Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 

(OHA2). The Advisory Panel will also 

review FW 29 management measures 

and make final recommendations. These 

measures may include, but are not 

limited to: (1) NGOM management 

measures; (2) Flatfish accountability 

measures for Northern windowpane 

flounder, Georges Bank yellowtail 

flounder, and Southern New England 

yellowtail flounder; (3) Measures to 

modify and/or create access area and 

open area boundaries, consistent with 

potential changes to habitat and 

groundfish closed areas; (4) measures to 

allocate unused CAI carryover pounds 

under certain scenarios of OHA2 

approval. Other business may be 

discussed as necessary. 

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 these meetings. 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. 

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. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

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

Dated: November 7, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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