Meetings: New England Fishery Management Council

Federal Register: September 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 184)

Notices

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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XK63

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.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee

(SSC) on October 6-7, 2008, 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 Monday, October 6, 2008, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, October 7, 2008, at 8 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 20 Coogan

Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355; telephone: (860) 572-0731; fax: (860) 572- 0328.

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 SSC will: (1) elect new committee officers; (2) address committee priorities and workload issues and (3) review the scientific basis for Amendment 3 to the Skate Fishery

Management Plan. The committee also will review the new overfishing definition under consideration in Framework Adjustment 15 to the

Scallop Fishery Management Plan and the Ocean Associates Inc. report entitled Mobile Fishing Gear Effects and Citation Validity in NEFMC

Documents Affecting the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery.

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.

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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: September 17, 2008.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine

Fisheries Service.

FR Doc. E8-22102 Filed 9-19-08; 8:45 am

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