[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3836]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 031306C]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council's (Council) VMS/
Enforcement Oversight Committee will meet to consider actions affecting 
New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, April 3, 2006 from 7 p.m. to 
9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hilton 
Mystic Hotel, 20 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, CT 06355; telephone: 
(860)572-0731.
    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 items of discussion in the committee's 
agenda are as follows:
    1. Discuss information with respect to enforcement techniques used 
to measure mesh size, and make recommendations to the Council at its 
April 4-5, 2006 meeting.
    2. Other business.
    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 identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305 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 withdisabilities. 
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 date.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 13, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Natinal Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3836 Filed 3-16-06; 8:45 am]
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