[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42091-42092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19865]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072799F]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight Committee and 
Groundfish Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on August 25, 1999, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Colonial, 1 Audobon 
Road, Wakefield, MA 01960; telephone: (781) 245-9300.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 5 
Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906-1097; telephone: (781) 231-0422.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ). Recommendations from these groups will be brought to the full 
Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
    The committee and panel will finalize alternatives for a framework 
adjustment to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) 
to implement mid-season adjustments to the management program for the 
Gulf of Maine cod fishery that could also carry forward to the 2000-01 
fishing year. The framework action will also modify the Georges Bank 
cod trip limit adjustment mechanism (pending NMFS approval of Framework 
30 to the FMP). The Council will hold the initial meeting for this 
framework adjustment on August 10-11, 1999, when it will identify 
alternatives for this action. It will hold the final meeting, to select 
measures for submission to the Secretary of

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Commerce, on September 21 -23, 1999. The committee and panel will also 
review the timeline for Amendment 13 to the FMP and outline specific 
management proposals for a stock-rebuilding program, including but not 
limited to days-at-sea management, gear reductions and area management. 
The meeting agenda may also include a review of the technical responses 
to questions raised by the committee at its June 17 meeting about the 
scientific basis for the current cod stock boundary delimitation.
    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 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 dates.

    Dated: July 28, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-19865 Filed 8-2-99; 8:45 am]
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