00-954. New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-954]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011100A]


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 Capacity Committee. Recommendations 
from the Committee will be brought to the full Council for formal 
consideration and action, if appropriate.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 2, 2000, at 9:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Rhode Island Department of 
Environmental Management Foundry Offices, 235 Promenade Street, 
4th Floor, Room C, Providence, Rhode Island; telephone: 
[phone] ext. 2412.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Howard, Executive Director, 
telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will continue its exploration 
of fishing capacity issues. The Committee will begin to review 
available information that may indicate the status of capacity in New 
England fisheries. Committee members will also begin to prioritize the 
problems caused by excess capacity in New England fisheries, and will 
begin to identify possible solutions to identified problems. The 
Committee will also review the number of permits held by vessels in 
order to characterize the amount of flexibility that fishermen have to 
move between fisheries.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council for discussion, 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 document and any 
issues arising after publication of this document that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) 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 with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Paul J. Howard, New England Fishery Management 
Council, 50 Water Street, Newburyport, Massachusetts 01950; telephone: 
[phone] at least 5 days prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: January 11, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-954 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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