[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 182 (Tuesday, September 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 51095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24486]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091499G]


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 Herring Oversight Committee in 
October, 1999. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to 
the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate. 
This will be a joint meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission Atlantic Herring Section.

DATES: The meeting will held on Wednesday, October 6, 1999, at 10:00 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Trade Winds Motel, 2 Park 
Drive, Rockland, ME 04841; telephone: (207) 596-6492.

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, MA 01906-1036; telephone: (781) 
231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee will discuss various options 
for developing a controlled access program for the Atlantic herring 
fishery. The committee also may discuss other herring management 
issues, including spawning area closures, gear competition and 
interactions in the Gulf of Maine, management area Total Allowable 
Catches (TACs) and changing the start of the fishing year.
    Although non-emergency 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 meeting. Council 
action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this 
notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that 
require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

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: September 15, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-24486 Filed 9-20-99; 8:45 am]
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