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Council’s intent to take 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

Anne Alford at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) by March 7, 2001.

Dated: February 20, 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. 022001D]

Mid-Atlantic 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s (Council) Habitat

Committee and Habitat Advisory Panel

will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

Monday, March 12, 2001, from 10 a.m.

until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at

the Renaissance Philadelphia Hotel

Airport, 500 Stevens Drive,

Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610–521–

5900.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council, Room 2115, 300

S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; telephone: 302–674–2331, ext.

19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this meeting is to initiate

development of Council policy and

guidelines for species fishery

management plan (FMP) committees to

draw upon to investigate the use of

marine protected areas (MPAs) as a

management tool, and to develop a

framework that requires mandatory

coordination with the Council for any

MPAs in the mid-Atlantic exclusive

economic zone (EEZ) waters. It will also

address essential fish habitat (EFH)

requirements regarding the Council’s

current FMPs and proposed

amendments thereto.

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

identified 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

Joanna Davis at the Council (see

ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: February 20, 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. 022101B]

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 Red

Crab Committee in March, 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

between Friday, March 9, 2001, and

Tuesday, March 13, 2001. See

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific

dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held

in Peabody, MA and New London, CT.

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for specific locations.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

J. Howard, Executive Director, New

England Fishery Management Council;

(978) 465–0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

Friday, March 9, 2001, 9:30 a.m.—

Research Steering Committee

Location: Holiday Inn, One Newbury

Street, Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960;

telephone: (978) 535–4600

The agenda will include discussion

and development of a coordination

mechanism between the Research

Steering Committee and the industrybased survey (and related projects), cod

tagging and bycatch/discard/

conservation engineering programs

currently under consideration. The

committee also will discuss

mechanisms for future funding of

regional research efforts.

Tuesday, March 13, 2001, 1 p.m. to 5

p.m.—Red Crab Committee Meeting

Location: Radisson Hotel, 35

Governor Winthrop Boulevard, New

London, CT 06320; telephone: (860)

443–7000.

The committee will hear a report from

the Red Crab Plan Development Team.

The committee will discuss the goals

and objectives for the Red Crab Fishery

Management Plan (FMP) and will begin

to identify the types of management

measures and alternatives to be

considered in the development of the

FMP.

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 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: February 21, 2001.

Richard W. Surdi,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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