Notice2025-03329
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
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Published
March 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public hybrid meeting of its Joint Skate and Monkfish Advisory Panels 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 40 (Monday, March 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03329]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE690]
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public hybrid meeting of its Joint Skate and Monkfish
Advisory Panels 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, March 19, 2025 at 10:30
a.m.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: This meeting will be held at the Hampton Inn, 20
Hotel Drive, South Kingstown, RI 02879; telephone: (401) 788-3500.
Webinar registration URL information: <a href="https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/jH5rf5rMT9apJr8pKE1FPA">https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/jH5rf5rMT9apJr8pKE1FPA</a>.
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 Skate and Monkfish Advisory Panels (AP) will meet to discuss
nominations for a Monkfish AP Chair. They will receive an overview of
2025 Council work priorities for the Skate and Monkfish Fishery
Management Plans. They plan to discuss research updates on skate and
monkfish. They also plan to discuss the 2025 Monkfish and Skate
Management Track Assessments. On the agenda, is the development of
separate specifications actions for the Monkfish and Skate Fishery
Management Plans (a) Fishing years 2026-2028 Monkfish specifications,
(b) Fishing years 2026-2027 Skate specifications, (c) Range of
potential measures (monkfish and skate possession limits, monkfish
Days-At-Sea). They will also discuss plans for the Joint Monkfish-Skate
Plan Development Teams to develop joint analyses on monkfish and skate
fisheries overlap.
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: February 25, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-03329 Filed 2-28-25; 8:45 am]
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