[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9705-9706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5100]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022602D]


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 public meeting of its Capacity Committee and Monkfish 
Oversight Committee in March, 2002, to consider actions affecting New 
England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations 
from these groups will be brought to the full Council for formal 
consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meetings will be held on March 18, 2002 and March 21, 2002. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Mystic Hilton Hotel, 20 
Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355; telephone: (860) 572-0731.
    Council address: New England Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

    Monday, March 18, 2002, 9:30 a.m.--Capacity Oversight Committee 
Meeting.
    The Committee will finalize the list of capacity reduction 
proposals to be forwarded to the Council for further consideration and 
possible inclusion in Amendment 13 to the Northeast Multispecies 
Fishery Management Plan. Based on the Council direction, the range of 
proposals will provide a basis for reducing latent or unused days-at-
sea (DAS) and capacity to further the biological goals of Amendment 13; 
under consideration include Alternatives that reduce the amount of 
allocated DAS from approximately 150,000 to between 67,000 and 86,000 
allocated DAS.
    Thursday, March 21, 2002, 8:30 a.m.--Monkfish Oversight Committee 
Meeting.
    The Committee will review Council comments on Amendment 2 Goals and 
Objectives and make appropriate adjustments. The Committee will review 
information provided by the Plan Development Team and/or Councils' 
staffs and outline management strategies for further development.
    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

    These meetings are 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.


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    Dated: February 27, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-5100 Filed 3-1-02; 8:45 am]
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