[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19474]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10369]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 041098B]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council(Council) is 
scheduling a number of public meetings of its oversight committees and 
advisory panels in May 1998 to consider actions affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from 
these groups will be brought to the full Council for formal 
consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will be held between May 5, 1998, and May 11, 1998. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: Meetings will be held in Peabody and Danvers, MA, and 
Warwick, RI. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (781) 231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

     Tuesday, May 5, 1998, 9:00 a.m.--Joint Council Herring Committee 
and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Herring Section Meeting
    Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street (Route 1) Peabody, MA 
01960; telephone: (978) 535-4600.
    Review and approval of proposed Atlantic Herring Fishery Management 
Plan (FMP) measures and Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement, for public hearing purposes.
    Wednesday, May 6, 1998, 9:30 a.m.--Joint Habitat Committee and 
Advisory Panel Meeting
    Location: King's Grant Inn, Route 128 and Trask Lane. Danvers, MA 
01923; telephone: (978) 774-6800.
    Review of the progress and status of essential fish habitat (EFH) 
identification and description, and discussion of alternatives for EFH 
designation.
    Monday, May 11, 1998 9 a.m.--Sea Scallop Committee Meeting
    Location: Radisson Hotel, 2091 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; 
telephone: (401) 739-3000.
    Development of closed area management, days-at-sea leasing, and 
vessel buyback measures for public hearing purposes.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: April 14, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-10369 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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