[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 74 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9565]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040600C]


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 public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight Committee and 
Groundfish Industry Advisory Panel in May, 2000. Recommendations from 
the committee and the advisors will be brought to the full Council for 
formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held May 1 and 2, 2000, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One 
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: (781) 245-9300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee and Advisors will conduct a 
joint meeting to continue development of management options for 
Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. If 
not completed at meetings held in April, the Committee and Advisors 
will continue their review of current overfishing definitions and 
control rules for the multispecies complex, examine the assumptions and 
policy decisions in those rules, and develop recommendations for the 
biological goals of the Amendment. The Committee and Advisors will also 
organize into subcommittees that will be tasked to develop specific 
management options for consideration by the full Committee. These tasks 
will be based on broad approaches to management selected by the 
Committee. The subcommittees may meet individually during the meeting 
to begin work on these management options. The discussions at the 
subcommittee level will be reported back to the Committee at this 
meeting or at future meetings.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council 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 Fishery 
Conservation and Management 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: April 7, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-9565 Filed 4-14-00; 8:45 am]
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