Atlantic Striped Bass Fisheries; Public Hearings

摘要

On September 29, 1995, October 16, 1995, and October 18, 1995, NMFS announced continuing public hearings to receive comments from fishery participants and other members of the public regarding proposed regulations on the harvest and possession of striped bass in the exclusive economic zone of the Atlantic Ocean from Maine through North Carolina. Due to insufficient space to safely accommodate an unanticipated large attendance at the October 16, 1995, hearing in Toms River, NJ, and the public request for hearings in New York, and Connecticut, NMFS is announcing that it intends to hold additional public hearings on November 6, 1995, in Ronkonkoma, NY, November 7, 1995, at Long Branch, NJ, November 8, 1995, in East Lyme, CT, and November 13, 1995, in Toms River, NJ, to allow those who were unable to comment, the opportunity to do so. To accommodate others unable to attend any of the public hearings, but who wish to provide comments, NMFS also is soliciting written comments on the proposed rule.