[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 36 (Thursday, February 23, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9314-9315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2553]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 021706C]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Trawl Survey Advisory Panel, composed of representatives 
from the National Marine Fisheries Service's Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center (NEFSC), the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
(MAFMC), the New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC), and 
several independent scientific researchers, will hold a public meeting.

DATES: March 8, 2006 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. and March 9, 2006 from 8 
a.m. to 2 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, 
Providence Airport, One Thurber Street, Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick, 
RI 02886 telephone 401-734-9600.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. 
New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, 
Dover, DE 19904, telephone 302-674-2331, ext. 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review the 
results of the February Northeast Fisheries Science Center's 
experimental trawl survey cruise and continue to develop and evaluate 
survey protocols for the new survey.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office 
at least five days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: February 17, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-2553 Filed 2-22-06; 8:45 am]
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