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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a three-day Council meeting on
June 21–23, 2005, to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the
exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
June 21–23, 2005 beginning at 8 a.m.
each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High
Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone:
(207) 775–5411.
Council address: to the 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;
(978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Following introductions, the Council
will receive reports from the Council
Chairman and Executive Director, the
NMFS Regional Administrator,
Northeast Fisheries Science Center and
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council liaisons, NOAA General
Counsel and representatives of the U.S.
Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement and
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission. There also will be an
update on the New England Fleet
Visioning Project. During the morning
session, the Council will receive a
briefing on a series of advisory panel
meetings concerning development of an
New England Fishery Management
Council (NEFMC) Conservation and
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Management Policy. The policy, which
the Council will consider and could
approve, concerns issues related to
capacity, use of input/output controls
and resource allocation issues. The
Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization
Committee will provide
recommendations for Council approval
concerning positions on changes to the
Act. The rest of the day will be spent on
proposed Amendment 1 to the Herring
Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
Members will review and consider
management alternatives to be included
in the associated Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement, select
preferred alternatives, and approve the
document for public hearings.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
During the Wednesday morning
session, the Council will review issues
identified at recent port meetings and
related to fishery regulations and safety
at sea. Follow up actions may be
recommended. An open public
comment period will be available for
items not listed on the agenda, followed
by a report from the chairman of the
Transboundary Management Guidance
Committee. That report will include a
review of discussions about an
alternative to the current harvest
strategy for haddock. There also will be
a report from the Scientific and
Statistical Committee about an
alternative model to assess groundfish
stocks. The Council will then take
initial action on Framework Adjustment
42 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP
by formally identifying what measures
will be analyzed and further considered
in the adjustment. NOAA Fisheries
scientists will report to the Council on
invasive colonial tunicates now found
on Georges Bank. At the end of the day
final action on proposed Framework
Adjustment 1 to the Spiny Dogfish FMP
will be considered. Measures will
address a modification to the plan that
would allow multi-year specifications to
be set for the fishery. At the end of the
day the Council will discuss and
possibly approve a motion to give sole
management authority for spiny dogfish
to the Mid-Atlantic Council and assume
sole management authority for
monkfish.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
The morning session will begin with
a report from the Council’s Research
Steering Committee concerning their
review of several cooperative research
project final reports. There will be
summary of the most recent activities
currently underway and associated with
development of essential fish habitat
(EFH) Omnibus Amendment 2 as well
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as a review of the outcome of the
NEFMC’s Marine Protected Areas
Education and Outreach Workshops.
The last item on the agenda will address
Framework Adjustment 18 to the Sea
Scallop Fishery Management Plan. This
will include a report on 2005
assessment updates and forecasts. There
will be consideration of a
recommendation for emergency action
to end possible overfishing of the
scallop resource and approval of
comments on proposed sea turtle
conservation measures.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects 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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided that 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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 31, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 053105E]
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) will hold
a three-day Council meeting on June 21-23, 2005, to consider actions
affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
June 21-23, 2005 beginning at 8 a.m. each day.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Eastland Park Hotel, 157
High Street, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 775-5411.
Council address: to the 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; (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Following introductions, the Council will receive reports from the
Council Chairman and Executive Director, the NMFS Regional
Administrator, Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Mid-Atlantic
Fishery Management Council liaisons, NOAA General Counsel and
representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, NMFS Enforcement and the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. There also will be an
update on the New England Fleet Visioning Project. During the morning
session, the Council will receive a briefing on a series of advisory
panel meetings concerning development of an New England Fishery
Management Council (NEFMC) Conservation and Management Policy. The
policy, which the Council will consider and could approve, concerns
issues related to capacity, use of input/output controls and resource
allocation issues. The Magnuson-Stevens Act Reauthorization Committee
will provide recommendations for Council approval concerning positions
on changes to the Act. The rest of the day will be spent on proposed
Amendment 1 to the Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP). Members will
review and consider management alternatives to be included in the
associated Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, select
preferred alternatives, and approve the document for public hearings.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
During the Wednesday morning session, the Council will review
issues identified at recent port meetings and related to fishery
regulations and safety at sea. Follow up actions may be recommended. An
open public comment period will be available for items not listed on
the agenda, followed by a report from the chairman of the Transboundary
Management Guidance Committee. That report will include a review of
discussions about an alternative to the current harvest strategy for
haddock. There also will be a report from the Scientific and
Statistical Committee about an alternative model to assess groundfish
stocks. The Council will then take initial action on Framework
Adjustment 42 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP by formally identifying
what measures will be analyzed and further considered in the
adjustment. NOAA Fisheries scientists will report to the Council on
invasive colonial tunicates now found on Georges Bank. At the end of
the day final action on proposed Framework Adjustment 1 to the Spiny
Dogfish FMP will be considered. Measures will address a modification to
the plan that would allow multi-year specifications to be set for the
fishery. At the end of the day the Council will discuss and possibly
approve a motion to give sole management authority for spiny dogfish to
the Mid-Atlantic Council and assume sole management authority for
monkfish.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
The morning session will begin with a report from the Council's
Research Steering Committee concerning their review of several
cooperative research project final reports. There will be summary of
the most recent activities currently underway and associated with
development of essential fish habitat (EFH) Omnibus Amendment 2 as well
as a review of the outcome of the NEFMC's Marine Protected Areas
Education and Outreach Workshops. The last item on the agenda will
address Framework Adjustment 18 to the Sea Scallop Fishery Management
Plan. This will include a report on 2005 assessment updates and
forecasts. There will be consideration of a recommendation for
emergency action to end possible overfishing of the scallop resource
and approval of comments on proposed sea turtle conservation measures.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be
the subjects 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 that 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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: May 31, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. E5-2865 Filed 6-3-05; 8:45 am]
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