[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 54002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25755]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092999A]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public 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 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 Thursday, October 21, 1999, at 10:00 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft Hotel, 50 
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone
    (978)777-2500.

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 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 date of the fishing year. There 
will be a brief closed session to discuss appointments to the Herring 
Advisory Panel.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, 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 Fishery 
Conservation and Management 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 29, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-25755 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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