New England Fishery Management Council
50 WATER STREET  |  NEWBURYPORT, MASSACHUSETTS 01950  |  PHONE 978 465 0492  |  FAX 978 465 3116
Thomas R. Hill, Chairman  |  Paul J. Howard, Executive Director

Meeting Notice
Scallop Industry Advisory Committee
and
Scallop Plan Development Team

Date:          April 26, 2001;  10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

                    April 27, 2001;   8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location:

Comfort Inn Airport

1940 Post Road

Warwick, RI 02886

Phone: 401-732-0470

Fax: 401-732-4247

 

Agenda:    The Scallop Industry Advisory Committee will meet jointly with the Scallop Plan Development Team to develop management alternatives for Amendment 10.  These alternatives will include:

§         Strategies for area rotation

§         New or revised gear restrictions

§         Changes to the fishing year and the framework adjustment process

§         Changes in permits and restrictions for limited access, history, and/or general permit categories

§         Measures to reduce habitat impacts and/or bycatch; transferability of effort units

§         Industry-funded research and observer programs

§         Experimental Fishing Permit procedures, and

§         Other options as needed. 

The Council’s goals for Amendment 10 are to substantially revise the FMP to improve the management of the resource and increase optimum yield, to update the analysis of cumulative impacts of the FMP on the human environment, and to re-evaluate the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) components of the FMP and minimize adverse effects on EFH.  These alternatives will be submitted to the Council in July for approval to hold public hearings and gather comments on the draft amendment.

Directions: Raddison Inn, Warick, R.I., near T.F. Greene Airport

TA Number:  01-072

Notice date:  March 29, 2000

cc:
Council members
Scallop Interested Parties, Advisors, and PDT
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

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