[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55334-55335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091505D]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold 
a series of ten workshops to consider actions affecting New England 
fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Specifically, the 
Council will be soliciting information from fisheries stakeholders on 
topics relating to the potential incorporation of ecosystem-based 
approaches in New England fishery management. Recommendations from 
these workshops will be brought to the full Council for formal 
consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The workshops will be held in October and November 2005. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for times and locations of the meetings.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The workshops will be held in Gouldsboro, 
ME; Rockland, ME; Portland, ME;

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Portsmouth, NH; Gloucester, MA; Boston, MA; Mystic, CT; Hyannis, MA; 
Fairhaven, MA and Narragansett, RI. For specific locations, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
    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; telephone: (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The schedule for the ten workshops is as 
follows:
    1. Sunday, October 2, 2005; Gouldsboro Fire Station, 6 Walters 
Road, Route 1, Gouldsboro, ME 04607; telephone: (207) 963-5589 at 1 
p.m.
    2. Monday, October 3, 2005; Tradewinds Motor Inn, 2 Park Drive, 
Rockland, ME 04841; telephone: (207) 596-6661 at 5:30 p.m.
    3. Tuesday, October 4, 2005; Portland Fish Exchange, 6 Portland 
Fish Pier, Portland, ME 04101; telephone: (207) 773-0017 at 5:30 p.m.
    4. Wednesday, October 5, 2005; Courtyard by Marriott, 1000 Market 
Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801; telephone: (603) 436-2121 at 5:30 p.m.
    5. Wednesday, October 12, 2005; Massachusetts Division of Marine 
Fisheries, Annisquam River Marine Fisheries Station, 30 Emerson Avenue, 
Gloucester, MA 01930; telephone: (978) 282-0308 at 5:30 p.m.
    6. Thursday, October 13, 2005; Seaport World Trade Center, 200 
Seaport Boulevard, Boston, MA 02210; telephone: (617) 385-4212 at 5:30 
p.m.
    7. Tuesday, October 18, 2005: Comfort Inn, 48 Whitehall Avenue, 
Mystic, CT 06355; telephone: (860) 572-8531 at 5:30 p.m.
    8. Tuesday, November 1, 2005: Radisson Hotel, 287 Iyannough Road, 
Hyannis, MA 02601; telephone: (508) 771-1700 at 5:30 p.m.
    9. Wednesday, November 2, 2005: Hampton Inn, One Hampton Way, 
Fairhaven, MA 02719; telephone: (508) 990-8500 at 5:30 p.m.
    10. Thursday, November 3, 2005: Village Inn, One Beach Street, 
Narragansett, RI 02882; telephone: (401) 783-6767 at 5:30 p.m.

Special Accommodations

    These workshops are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul J. Howard, Executive 
Director, at 978-465-0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 15, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-5141 Filed 9-20-05; 8:45 am]
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