[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8387-8388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01842]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE629]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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 Climate and Ecosystem 
Steering Committee to consider actions affecting New England fisheries 
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This meeting will be held in-
person with a webinar option. Recommendations from this group will be 
brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if 
appropriate.

DATES: This webinar will be held on Thursday, February 13, 2025, at 9 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This meeting will be held at Doubletree by Hilton, 
11 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757; telephone: (508) 478-7010.
    Webinar registration URL information: https://nefmc-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/0LNZkFUzQSScS8YgkORkTA.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cate O'Keefe, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-
0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda

    The Climate and Ecosystem Steering Committee will meet and 
introduce members and staff to each other. They will receive briefings 
on the following topics and discuss the role of the Steering Committee: 
The Council's Inflation Reduction Act-funded projects, NOAA's annual 
State of the Ecosystem report and its application to management 
decisions, and implementation of the Council's new Risk Policy.
    They will also discuss the role of the Steering Committee in 
supporting the Council's participation in the East Coast Climate 
Coordination Group (E3CG) and engaging with NOAA's Climate Ecosystems 
and Fisheries Initiative (CEFI). The Committee will agree on Committee 
operations (leadership, subgroups, evaluating success). They will also 
plan stakeholder outreach about the Council's regional climate 
initiatives. 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, Ph.D., Executive Director, at (978) 
465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 23, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-01842 Filed 1-28-25; 8:45 am]
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