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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 joint hybrid meeting of its Scallop Advisory Panel and Plan Development Team 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, September 17, 2024 at 9 a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: This meeting will be held at Hilton Garden Inn Logan Airport, 100 Boardman St., Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 567-5678.
Webinar registration URL information:https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwsc-itqjIqHtatA2PQbe_vEwWOAySUZA47.
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 Plan Development Team (PDT) and Advisory Panel will meet to discuss: Framework 39—Review results of 2024 scallop surveys, and preliminary projections. The primary focus of this meeting will be to develop input on the range of potential specification alternatives for FY 2025 and FY 2026. The action will set Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC)/Annual Catch Limits (ACLs), days-at-sea, access area allocations, total allowable landings for the Northern Gulf of Maine (NGOM) management area, targets for General Category incidental catch, General Category access area trips and trip accounting, and set-asides for the observer and research programs for fishing year 2025 and default specifications for fishing year 2026. The groups will also discuss the PDT's review of accountability measures for yellowtail flounder and windowpane flounder and consider the development of measures in this action. They also plan to discuss the Scallop Strategic Plan—Consider progress and develop input on the process and timeline for this project. 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 Magnuson-Stevens 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: August 27, 2024.
Alyssa Weigers,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-19565 Filed 8-29-24; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 08/30/2024
- Department:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of public meeting.
- Document Number:
- 2024-19565
- Dates:
- This meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 9 a.m.
- Pages:
- 70600-70600 (1 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- RTID 0648-XE238
- PDF File:
- 2024-19565.pdf