# 61 FR 47472: New England Fishery Management Council; Meeting > Federal · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/FR_PRORULE_96-22957 ## Section - **Citation:** 61 FR 47472 - **Heading:** New England Fishery Management Council; Meeting - **Jurisdiction:** Federal - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Federal Register / Vol. 61 / 61 FR 47472 ## Text DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 50 CFR Part 648 [I.D. 090396C] New England Fishery Management Council; Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a special 1-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone. DATES: The meeting is scheduled for Monday, September 9, 1996, at 9 a.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street, Peabody, MA; telephone (508) 535-4600. Requests for special accommodations should be addressed to the New England Fishery Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906-1097; telephone: (617) 231-0422. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher B. Kellogg, Acting Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council (617) 231- 0422. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The September 9, 1996, meeting is being convened specifically to consider final action on several pending framework adjustments to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Council will consider final action on Framework Adjustments 18 and 19 to the FMP under the framework for abbreviated rulemaking procedure contained in 50 CFR 648.90. If approved, Framework Adjustment 18 would allow herring and mackerel fishing with pelagic mid-water trawls in areas of Georges Bank now closed to all gear capable of catching groundfish. Framework Adjustment 19, would replace the Gulf of Maine area closures now in place to enhance groundfish conservation with alternatives that may alleviate some of the economic burden to fishermen without compromising the objectives of the FMP. The Council considers public comments at a minimum of two Council meetings prior to making final recommendations to the Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, (Regional Director) under the provisions for abbreviated rulemaking, cited above. If the Regional Director concurs with the measures proposed by the Council, he will publish them as a final rule in the Federal Register. There will be a discussion of an experimental fishery to assess the selectivity of longline gear. The Regional Director is considering an experimental fishery for a vessel involved in a Saltonstall/Kennedy Grant awarded to the New England Aquarium and entitled ``Selectivity and Survival of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) and Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in a Northwest Atlantic Longline Fishery.'' The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (MADMF) is assisting in the project and would assist in the completion of the experimental fishery. The objective of the project is to assess the selectivity of bottom longlines currently in use in the fishing industry and to attempt to improve the selectivity of longline gear. The experimental fishery would involve the use of longline gear equivalent to current commercial longline gear as well as experimental hooks, bait, and other control gears to compare results. The New England Aquarium and the MADMF have received funding for and conducted similar selectivity and survival experimental fisheries in the past. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Christopher B. Kellogg at the Council (see ADDRESSES). Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: September 4, 1996. Gary Matlock, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 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