87 FR 165 pgs. 52510-52511 - New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

Type: NOTICEVolume: 87Number: 165Pages: 52510 - 52511
Docket number: [RTID 0648-XC300]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2022-18449 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version:  PDF Version
Pages: 52510, 52511

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC300]

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 joint meeting of its Habitat Advisory Panel via webinar 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, September 12, 2022, at 1 p.m. Webinar registration URL information https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5884834047079761679.

ADDRESSES:

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


[top] The Advisory Panel will provide feedback on the following items discussed during an August 18, 2022 meeting of the Habitat Committee: (1) utility of a research project conducted in the Great South Channel Habitat Management Area for management page 52511 (Exempted Fishing Permit 19066), (2) the scope of an Atlantic salmon aquaculture framework that the Council may initiate in September, (3) offshore wind development issues, including strategies for providing effective comments, (4) an ongoing NOAA Fisheries review of two Dedicated Habitat Research Areas designated via Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2, and (5) potential habitat-related work priorities for 2023. 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 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 Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at (978) 465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the 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: August 23, 2022.

Rey Israel Marquez,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2022-18449 Filed 8-25-22; 8:45 am]

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