[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26086]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101295A]


New England Recovery Plan Implementation Team Meeting

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

ACTION: Public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Recovery Plan Implementation Team (Team) for 
the Northern Right Whale and Humpback Whale Recovery Plans will hold a 
1-day public meeting to consider whale recovery plan implementation 
actions, particularly for the northern right whale.

DATES: The meeting will begin on Wednesday, November 1, 1995, at 9:15 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Team meeting will be held at the Offices of the First 
Coast Guard District, 408 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA, 02210-3350, 
telephone (617) 233-8420.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Douglas Beach, (508) 281-9254.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Team is made up primarily of 
representatives from State and Federal agencies from New England that 
are identified in each of the recovery plans as having a role in 
recovery of these two species. The meeting will continue discussion on 
implementation of the humpback and right whale recovery plans along the 
northeast coast of the United States. The meeting will include a 
discussion on vessel interaction and gear conflicts with whales, team 
composition issues, aquaculture-whale interactions, and critical 
habitat locations, along the New England coast.

    Dated: October 12, 1995.
Patricia Montanio,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources.
[FR Doc. 95-26086 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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