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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Geneva",serif;color:black">From the New England Fishery Management Council</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Skate Scoping Hearings Scheduled: NEFMC Seeks Public Input </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Geneva",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Narragansett, RI – Thursday, Feb. 9, URI<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Graduate School of Oceanography Coastal<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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