[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30366-30367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11170]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 043002E]


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee 
in May, 2002. Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the 
full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

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DATES: The meeting will held on Monday, May 20, 2002, at 10 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 committee will review and provide the 
Council guidance on the Final Report of the Working Group on the Re-
evaluation of Biological Reference Points for New England Groundfish. 
They will also provide guidance to the Monkfish Plan Development Team 
and the Council on monkfish management reference points. Also on the 
agenda will be to provide guidance to the Scallop Plan Development Team 
and the Council on scallop management reference points if it has not 
been done prior to the May 14-15, 2002 Scallop Committee meeting.
    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 1, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-11170 Filed 5-3-02; 8:45 am]
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