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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">On November 9, 2022, NOAA Fisheries published a
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<span style="color:#247BC2">Notice [click.icptrack.com]</span></a> seeking comments ahead of drafting the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument Omnibus Amendment to the Greater Atlantic Region’s fishery management plans. NOAA Fisheries is
developing this action under its Secretarial authority at section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, in consultation with the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">This amendment would incorporate the
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<span style="color:#247BC2">Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument [click.icptrack.com]</span></a>’s area and commercial fishing prohibition into FMPs and, ultimately, into fishery regulations. NOAA Fisheries is asking for feedback on this
action through November 30, 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">A virtual hearing will be held on November 16, 2022, at 3:00 pm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#232323">Written comments can be submitted to Laura Deighan at
<a href="mailto:laura.deighan@noaa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#247BC2">laura.deighan@noaa.gov</span></a> through
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">November 30, 2022</span></strong>. Include "Comments on Monument Amendment" in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:laura.deighan@noaa.gov" target="_blank"><span style="color:#247BC2">Laura Deighan</span></a>, Sustainable Fisheries, 978-281-9184<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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