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.
ADDRESSES:
Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport
Hotel, 2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 739-3000;
fax: (401) 732-9309.
Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In Amendment 6 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan, the New England and Mid-Atlantic Councils are
considering a range of possible changes to the management system,
including modifications to the current system, incorporation of
monkfish into groundfish sectors and/or individually transferrable
quotas (ITQs). The Advisory Panel will review the Amendment 6 draft
document, focusing on the section pertaining to modifications to the
current days-at-sea (DAS) trip limit management system, including
alternatives for establishing a monkfish DAS leasing program. The
recommendations of the Advisory Panel will be forwarded to the Monkfish
Committee which will meet at a later date.