[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26598]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 101002B]


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 Whiting Oversight Committee and 
Advisory Panel in November, 2002. 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, November 4, 2002 at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Ferncroft, 50 
Ferncroft Road, Danvers, MA 01923; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
    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 and panel will review 
information and analyses included in Framework 37 to the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP). They will provide 
recommendations for Council consideration for final selection of 
management measures to be included in Framework 37; measures in 
Framework 37 may eliminate the Year 4 default measure in both whiting 
stock areas, increase opportunities for whiting fishing in the 
Cultivator Shoal Whiting Fishery and other fisheries in the northern 
stock area, and adjust other whiting management measures. They will 
also consider a new control date for small mesh multispecies (whiting, 
red hake, offshore hake) and development of related recommendations for 
Council consideration.
    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 Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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: October 11, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-26598 Filed 10-17-02; 8:45 am]
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