[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 184 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24303]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091800F]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a two-day joint public meeting of its Groundfish Oversight 
Committee and Groundfish Industry Advisory Panel in October, 2000. 
Recommendations from the committees will be brought to the full Council 
for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 5, 2000, at 9:30 
a.m. and Friday, October 6, 2000, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Mansfield, 31 
Hampshire Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200; fax: 
(508) 339-1040

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee and advisors will conduct a 
joint meeting to continue development of management options for 
Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. 
Since April, the committee has been identifying a wide range of 
possible management measures for this amendment. They are focusing on 
three broad approaches to groundfish management: revisions to the 
measures currently in place, an area-based management system, and a 
sector allocation system. All three approaches will be discussed at 
this meeting and choices will be made on the specifics of each proposal 
that will be recommended to the Council later this year. In addition, 
the committee and advisors will review updated assessment information 
on groundfish stocks, if available, and may develop preliminary 
recommendations on the rebuilding schedules that will be used in this 
amendment. They will also consider information from the Council's 
Groundfish Overfishing Definitions Review Panel and will consider and 
develop recommendations for further review or changes to specific 
overfishing definitions. The committee and advisors will also consider 
the report of the Council's Capacity Committee and incorporate 
recommendations from that Committee into the management measures for 
Amendment 13.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in these agendas 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 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 18, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-24303 Filed 9-20-00; 8:45 am]
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