[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53020-53021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26450]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092598B]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public 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) is 
scheduling a public meeting of its Marine Mammal Committee on October 
6, 1998 to consider actions affecting New England fisheries in the 
exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from the committee will 
be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if 
appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 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. Requests for 
special accommodations should be addressed to the New England Fishery 
Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, Massachusetts 01906-1036; 
telephone: (781) 231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting agenda will involve the 
development of comments on the NMFS proposed rule to implement a harbor 
porpoise take reduction plan affecting gillnet fisheries in the Gulf of 
Maine and mid-Atlantic regions.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this

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meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically 
listed in this notice.

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: September 25, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-26450 Filed 9-29-98; 1:40 pm]
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