[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 915-916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-8311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 123005C]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is 
scheduling a joint public meeting of its Scientific and Statistical and 
Social Sciences Advisory Committees in January, 2006 to consider 
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone 
(EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full 
Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, January 27, 2006, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, 225 McClellan 
Highway, E. Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 569-5250; fax: (617) 
561-0971.

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    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 Committees will meet to review and 
provide input on topics relevant to the Council's Ecosystems Pilot 
Project including, but not limited to, a review of the elements of the 
project including non-fishing marine resource uses; marine pollution 
and governance under an ecosystem approach. The committee will review 
the recent stakeholder workshops; provide advice for integrating, as 
necessary, ecosystems approaches with the current management structures 
and may consider other topics at their discretion.
    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, Executive Director, at (978) 465-
0492, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: December 30, 2005.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-8311 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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