[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12873]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051601D]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 Groundfish Oversight Committee in 
June, 2001. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the 
full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will held on Monday, June 4, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1230 
Congress Street, Portland, ME 04102; telephone: (207) 774-5611.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Groundfish Oversight Committee will 
continue development of management alternatives for Amendment 13 to the 
Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan. The Committee will 
review alternatives developed by the Groundfish Plan Development Team 
and incorporate measures identified over the past year into the 
management alternatives. While the Committee has been developing 
measures that fall into three broad approaches - refinements to the 
status quo, area management, and sector allocation - most of the effort 
at this meeting will be on refining the status quo option. The 
Committee will consider alternatives that include possible reductions 
in days-at-sea allocations and use. Other measures that may be 
discussed include the use of trip or possession limits, modifications 
to seasonal and year-round closed areas, changes to gear requirements, 
and recreational fishing measures. These efforts will lead to 
development of recommended management alternatives that will be taken 
to public hearing in the future. Proposed maximum sustainable yield 
control rules will be reviewed to clarify changes suggested by the 
Council and the Committee.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, 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 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: May 17, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-12873 Filed 5-21-01; 8:45 am]
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