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###### Department of Commerce

###### National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

          - [I.D. 103000E]

# AGENCY:

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

# ACTION:

Notice of public meeting.

# SUMMARY:

The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a joint public meeting of its Skate Oversight Committee and Skate Advisory Panel in November, 2000. Recommendations from these committees will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

# DATES:

The Skate Advisory Panel meeting will held on Thursday, November 30, 2000, at 8:30 a.m. and the Skate Oversight Committee will join them at 9:30 a.m.

# ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held at the Ramada Inn, 936 West Main Road, Middletown, RI  02842; telephone:  (401) 846-7600

# FOR FURTHER  INFORMATION  CONTACT:

Paul  J.  Howard,  Executive  Director,  New  England  Fishery  Management  Council;  (978)  465-0492.

# SUPPLEMENTARY  INFORMATION:

This  is  the  first  meeting  for  the  newly-established  Skate  Advisory  Panel.   Advisors  will  meet  to  review  advisory  panel  policies  and  elect  a  chairman.   The  Skate  Committee  will  join  them  for  a  workshop  on  skate  species  identification.   There  will  be  a  presentation  of  the  final  Skate  Stock  Assessment  and  Fishery  Evaluation  (SAFE)  Report  and  development  and  approval  of  a  scoping  document  for  Skate  Fishery  Management  Plan.   The  committee  will  review  a  timeline  for  scoping.

Although  non-emergency  issues  not  contained  in  this  agenda  may  come  before  these  groups  for  discussion,  those  issues  may  not  be  the  subject  of  formal  action  during  this  meeting.   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.

## Special  Accommodations

                    This  meeting  is  physically  accessible  to  people  with  disabilities.   Requests  for  sign  language  interpretation  or  other  auxiliary  aids  should  be  directed  to  Paul  J.  Howard  (see                     **ADDRESSES**                    )  at  least  5  days  prior  to  the  meeting  dates.                

Dated:   November  2,  2000.

Richard  W.  Surdi,

Acting  Director,  Office  of  Sustainable  Fisheries,  National  Marine  Fisheries  Service.

[FR Doc. 00-28678  Filed 11-7-00; 8:45 am]

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