[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36214]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17672]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062498B]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) 
to discuss and evaluate issues related to sea scallop management in the 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be 
brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if 
appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on July 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn, One Newbury 
Street, Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978) 535-4600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council; (781) 231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SSC meeting is being convened to 
evaluate the scientific information used to develop management measures 
under consideration for inclusion in Amendment 7 to the Atlantic Sea 
Scallop Fishery Management Plan. In addition, the SSC will evaluate the 
biological and statistical data used by the Council's Overfishing 
Definition Review Panel to define overfishing of the Atlantic sea 
scallop resource.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 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.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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 date.

    Dated: June 26, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-17672 Filed 7-1-98; 8:45 am]
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