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Dated: May 10, 2001.

Louisa Koch,

Deputy Assistant Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 3510–KP–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050901D]

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.

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery

Management Council (Council) is

scheduling a public meeting of its

Research Steering Committee and

Herring Oversight Committee and

Advisory Panel (joint with the Atlantic

States Marine Fisheries Commission

(ASMFC) Herring Section Panel) in May

and June 2001 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 on

May 31, 2001, and June 6, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Wakefield and Peabody, MA. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

locations.

Council address: New England

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950;

telephone: (978) 465–0492.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465–0492. Requests for special

accommodations should be addressed to

the Council (see ADDRESSES).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Thursday, May 31, 2001, 9:30 a.m.—

Research Steering Committee Meeting.

Location: Sheraton Colonial, One

Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880;

telephone: (781) 245–9300.

The agenda will include an update on

the April 2001 workshop held to discuss

industry-based surveys/study fleets and

NMFS follow-up activities. The

committee will discuss and evaluate

recommendations in a report prepared

by the New England Aquarium on codtagging. There will also be a discussion

of the committee’s role in long-term

research programs in New England. The

committee will have a follow-up

discussion about future research

planning over the next 3 to 5 years.

Wednesday, June 6, 2001, 10 a.m.—

Joint Herring Oversight Committee,

Advisory Panel and ASMFC Meeting.

The committee and advisors will

review the annual Stock Assessment

and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) Report

for the 2000 fishing year, and

recommendations from the Herring Plan

Development Team for 2002 fishing year

specifications for optimum yield from

the fishery, total allowable level of

foreign fishing, joint venture processing

and total allowable catch for each

management area. The committee and

advisors will develop recommendations

to the Council on specifications for the

2002 fishing year. The meeting will be

held jointly with the ASMFC Herring

Section who will be discussing

proposals for herring spawning area

closures tolerance provisions. Following

that discussion, time permitting, the

committee will finalize its list of

questions to the advisors on controlled

access/limited entry in the herring

fishery.

Although non-emergency issues not

contained in this agenda may come

before this group 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

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: May 11, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 050701C]

Pacific Fishery Management Council;

Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery

Management Council’s (Council)

Groundfish Management Team (GMT)

will hold a working meeting which is

open to the public.

DATES: The GMT working meeting will

begin Monday, June 4, 2001 at 1 p.m.

and may go into the evening until

business for the day is completed. The

meeting will reconvene from 8 a.m. to

5 p.m. Tuesday, June 5 through

Thursday, June 7.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

NMFS Northwest Regional Office, 7600

Sand Point Way NE., Building 1,

Director’s Conference Room, Seattle,

WA; telephone: (206) 526–6120.

Council address: Pacific Fishery

Management Council, 2130 SW Fifth

Avenue, Suite 224, Portland, OR 97201.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Jim Glock, Groundfish Fishery

Management Coordinator, (503) 326–

6352.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the GMT meeting is to

prepare reports and technical advice for

the upcoming Council meeting and in

support of Council decisions. The GMT

will discuss, receive reports, and/or

prepare reports on the following topics

during this working session, (1)

inseason adjustments to 2001 trip limits

and other management measures; (2)