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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please see the attached notice for details on a scoping hearing for amendment 22 to the northeast small-mesh multispecies fishery to be held in Warwick RI.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">A scoping document is available on the Council’s website (<a href="http://www.nefmc.org/management-plans/small-mesh-multispecies">http://www.nefmc.org/management-plans/small-mesh-multispecies</a> ) or may
be obtained by contacting the Council office at (978) 465-0492.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Date and Time Location of RI hearing:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Warwick, RI </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Wednesday, January 20, 2016 </span>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">6:00 p.m. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Hampton Inn & Suites <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">2100 Post Road <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Warwick, RI 02886 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Default"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Telephone: (401) 739-8888 <o:p>
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<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Members of the public may submit oral and/or written comments at any public hearings or submit written comments directly to the New England Fishery Management Council. The original January 7, 2016 deadline
for written comments has been extended to 5 p.m. EST, Wednesday, January 20, 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Written comments should be sent to:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">New England Fishery Management Council,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">50 Water Street, Mill 2,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Newburyport, MA 01950;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Fax (978) 465–3116.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default" style="text-indent:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Email: comments@nefmc.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Default"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please note on your correspondence; “Small-Mesh Multispecies Amendment 22 Scoping Comments.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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