[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 140 (Friday, July 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37626-37627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17930]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071395D]


New England Fishery Management Council and Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; Informational Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of informational public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Councils 
(Councils) will hold a series of informational public meetings to 
discuss bycatch limits for monkfish taken in the mixed species trawl, 
sink gillnet, sea scallop dredge and trawl,

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whiting, squid and scup trawl, summer flounder trawl and possibly other 
fisheries that operate in the Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, and 
Mid-Atlantic regions. The Councils are also asking for recommendations 
on a minimum mesh size for the monkfish limited access fishery.

DATES: The meetings will be held on July 19, 1995, at 10:00 a.m., on 
July 25, 1995, at 10:00 a.m., and on August 3, 1995, at 10:00 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The July 19 meeting will be held at the Days Inn, 332 
Milliken Boulevard, Fall River, MA; telephone: (508) 676-1991. The July 
25 meeting will be held at the Ocean Place Hilton, One Ocean Boulevard, 
Long Branch, NJ; telephone: (908) 571-4000. The August 3 meeting will 
be held at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, Portsmouth, NH; 
telephone: (603) 431-6774.
    Council addresses: New England Fishery Management Council; 5 
Broadway; Saugus, MA 01906-1097; Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council, Room 2115, Federal Building, 300 South New Street, Dover, DE 
18804-6790.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas G. Marshall, Executive 
Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (617) 231-
0422. David R. Keifer, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery 
Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to develop 
industry consensus on possible trip limits for monkfish taken in a 
number of Gulf of Maine, Southern New England, and Mid-Atlantic 
fisheries. The intent of the measures would be to allow fishermen to 
land monkfish catches when they target other species and to prevent 
large numbers of fishermen from specifically targeting monkfish. The 
Councils also are asking fishermen involved in the trawl and gillnet 
fisheries to recommend a minimum mesh size for fishermen targeting 
monkfish. A larger mesh size would, in certain areas, limit the catch 
and discards of groundfish and could provide greater selectivity 
benefits for monkfish.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids for the July 25 and August 3 meetings should be directed 
to Douglas G. Marshall or David R. Keifer (see ADDRESSES), at least 5 
days prior to the meeting date.
    Dated: July 14, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17930 Filed 7-20-95; 8:45 am]
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