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Commercial Fisheries News
Volume 33 Number 2
October 2005
Atlantic herring public hearings
The public hearing schedule for Amendment 1 to the New England Fishery Management Council"s Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 2 to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission"s (ASMFC) Interstate FMP for Atlantic Herring follows below.
The council and ASMFC will both take public comment " though at separate times " during six of the hearings listed below. Plus, ASMFC will hold two additional hearings in Portsmouth, NH and Old Lyme, CT to take comments specific to the interstate herring plan.
The hearing dates are:
• Oct. 4 " Portsmouth, NH at the Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Road, ASMFC hearing only, 7 pm;
• Oct. 12 " Portland, ME at the Eastland Park Hotel, 157 High Street, 6 pm;
• Oct. 13 " Rockport, ME at the Samoset Resort, 220 Warrenton Street, 6 pm;
• Oct. 14 " Perry, ME at the Perry Elementary School, 1587 US Route 1, 6 pm;
• Oct. 17 " Fairhaven, MA at the Hampton Inn, 1 Hampton Way, 6 pm;
• Oct. 19 " Gloucester, MA at the Division of Marine Fisheries Annisquam River Station, 30 Emerson Avenue, 6 pm;
• Oct. 20 " Cape May, NJ at the Congress Hall Hotel, 251 Beach Avenue, 6 pm; and
• Oct. 24 " Old Lyme, CT at the Boating Education Center, 333 Ferry Road, ASMFC hearing only, 7 pm.
For more information about the council"s Amendment 1, call Lori Steele at (978) 465-0492 or visit the council"s web site at <www.nefmc.org>. Follow the links to herring. Copies of the public hearing document are available through the web site or by calling the number above.
The deadline for public comment on the council"s amendment is Oct. 24.
For more information about ASMFC"s Amendment 2, call Ruth Christiansen at (202) 289-6400 or visit the commission"s web site at <www.asmfc.org>. Click on "Breaking News" to download a copy of the draft amendment. Call the commission directly to receive a document by mail.
The deadline for public comment on ASMFC"s amendment is
Nov. 7. /cfn/
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