[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 170 (Friday, August 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 45970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 082401B]


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 Capacity Committee in September, 
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 Tuesday, September 18, 2001, at 9:30 
a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 31 Hampshire 
Street, Mansfield, MA 02048; telephone: (508) 339-2200.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Capacity Committee will discuss 
proposals for reducing latent effort and changing permit transfer 
restrictions in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery. The committee will 
consider Groundfish Advisory Panel comments on the proposals from their 
August 16, 2001 Advisory Panel meeting. The Council has directed the 
Committee to make recommendations on revising and combining these 
proposals for possible inclusion in Amendment 13 to the Multispecies 
Fishery Management Plan. The Committee will not make final decisions 
about the choice of alternatives, but will report its recommendations 
to the Council and the Council's Groundfish Oversight 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: August 24, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-22068 Filed 8-30-01; 8:45 am]
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