The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is proposing to introduce legislation that would ban gasoline blends higher than 10 percent ethanol. The language is being finalized by the DEP and has not yet been introduced.
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The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Committee 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.
This meeting will be held on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 9 a.m.
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Recreational Advisory Panel will meet to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The meeting will be held on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 9:30 a.m.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold four-day meeting on January 28-31, 2013 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The meeting will be held on Monday, January 28, through Thursday, January 31, 2013.
On November 26, 2012, NMFS published a proposed rule for Amendment 5 to the 2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) in response to several shark stock assessments that were completed from 2009 to 2012. As described in the proposed rule, NMFS is proposing measures that would reduce fishing mortality and effort in order to rebuild overfished Atlantic shark species while ensuring that a limited sustainable shark fishery can be maintained consistent with our legal obligations and the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP as amended. The proposed measures include changes to commercial quotas and species groups, the creation of several time/area closures, a change to an existing time/area closure, an increase in the recreational minimum size restrictions, and the establishment of recreational reporting for certain species of sharks. Comments received by NMFS will be considered in the development and finalization of Amendment 5 to the 2006 Consolidated HMS FMP. This notice announces the rescheduling of the Louisiana public hearing and the addition of two public hearings in Maryland and Texas.
Written comments will be accepted until February 12, 2013. Public hearings, conference calls, and an HMS Advisory Panel meeting for the Amendment 5 proposed rule will be held from December 2012 to February 2013. See below for meeting dates, times, and locations.
The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) Groundfish Oversight Committee will meet jointly with the Groundfish Advisory Panel and Recreational Advisory Panel to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The meetings will be held on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 9 a.m., and Friday, January 25, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) 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.
This meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 8 a.m.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Advisory Panel on January 9, 2013, to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone. Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
This meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 at 9 a.m.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a one-day meeting to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The meeting will start at 9 a.m. on Thursday, December 20, 2012.
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Monkfish Oversight Committee and Advisory Panel in December, 2012 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.
This meeting will be held on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10 a.m.
- Habitat Oversight Committee December Meeting
- SSC Public Meeting
- New England Council to Meet
- NMFS Sends Notice of Overfishing in Gulf of Maine
- Joint Advisory Panel and Plan Development Team Meeting
- New England Recreational Advisory Panel Meeting
- New England Council Adds Agenda Item
- Scientific and Statistical Committee to Meet About Allowable Catch
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Join Maine in Urging Fisheries Disaster Declaration
- Scientific and Statistical Committee Meeting
- Scientific and Statistical Committee Recommendations on Catch for Many Species
- Habitat Oversight Committee Meeting
- Essential Fish Habitat Components of Fishery Management Plans; 5 Year Review
- Swordfish
- Former Mayor Appointed as Northeast Regional Administrator
- ICCAT Nominations Wanted for Advisory Committee and Technical Advisors
- Monkfish Advisory Panel Meeting
- Dr. Bill Karp Named as New Science and Research Director for Northeast Fisheries Science Center
- Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts
- Bob Beal Named Acting Executive Director of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission