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New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 [Federal Register: April 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 73)]
[Notices]
[Page 19427]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr16ap01-32]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 040601I]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public 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 New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is
scheduling a public meeting of its Red Crab Committee to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries in the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ). Recommendations from the committee will be brought to the full
Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will held on Tuesday, May 1, 2001, at 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Holiday Inn, One Newbury Street,
Route 1, Peabody, MA 01960; telephone: (978) 535-4600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; (978) 465-0492.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee will hear a report from the
Red Crab Plan Development Team. The committee will discuss alternatives
for potential management measures to be considered and analyzed in the
Draft Environmental Impact Statement, (DSEIS), for the Fishery
Management Plan (FMP). They will discuss issues related to an
overfishing definition, bycatch, developing a reporting and data
collection system, and biological, social and economic objectives for
the fishery and the FMP.
    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 (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days
prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: April 9, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-9264 Filed 4-13-01; 8:45 am]
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