New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 147 (Monday, August 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 41918]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19737]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072399A]


New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 Interspecies Committee in August, 
1999. 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, August 24, 1999, at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, 427 
Walnut Street, Lynnfield, MA 01880; telephone: (781) 245-9300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
New England Fishery Management Council (781) 231-0422. Requests for 
special accommodations should be addressed to the New England Fishery 
Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906-1036; telephone: (781) 
231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The committee will discuss strawman 
proposals to manage capacity and latent effort in the multispecies, sea 
scallop and monkfish fisheries. A discussion of various permitting 
issues will include allowing the transfer of permits between vessels in 
limited access fisheries and allowing an increase in the number of 
combination (scallop and multispecies) permits. There will also be 
consideration of vessel upgrading issues.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice.

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: July 27, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-19737 Filed 7-30-99; 8:45 am]
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