[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 1994)]
[Notices]
[Pages 742-743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-261]


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[Federal Register: January 6, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 123093I]

 

New England Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
a public meeting on January 12-13, 1994, at the King's Grant Inn, Route 
128 at Trask Lane, Danvers, MA; telephone: (508) 774-6800.
    The meeting will begin at 1:30 p.m. on January 12 with 
introductions and announcements. The Lobster Oversight Committee Chair 
will provide an update on events that have taken place subsequent to 
the submission of Amendment No. 5 to the American Lobster Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) to the Secretary of Commerce. NMFS will present 
details of their new fisheries data collection program, and participate 
in a question-and-answer session with both the Council and public. If 
time allows, the Council Chairman, Council Executive Director, NMFS 
Regional Director, Northeast Fisheries Center liaison, Mid-Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council liaison, and representatives from the Coast 
Guard, Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission will provide reports.
    On January 13, the meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. with a 
discussion of haddock management. A representative of the Canadian 
Department of Fisheries and Oceans will report to the Council on 
Canada's actions to manage groundfish, and haddock in particular. The 
Groundfish Plan Development Team will report on its meeting held in 
early January. During the afternoon session, the Marine Mammal 
Committee will report on the use of time/area closures to reduce the 
bycatch of harbor porpoise in the Gulf of Maine. This will be followed 
by a status report on Atlantic Sea Scallops and the implementation of 
Amendment No. 4 to the FMP for Atlantic Sea Scallops. Any other 
outstanding business, including reports from the previous day, will be 
addressed before the meeting adjourns on Thursday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas G. Marshall, Executive 
Director, New England Fishery Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, 
MA 01906; telephone: (617) 231-0422.

    Dated: January 3, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-261 Filed 1-5-94; 8:45 am]
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