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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From the New England Fishery Management Council <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Whiting: Council Schedules Five Hearings on Amendment 22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">To Consider Limited Access for Small-Mesh Multispecies</span></b><span style="color:black"> <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt">Janice M. Plante<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Public Affairs Officer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">New England Fishery Management Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">(607) 592-4817<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Email: <a href="mailto:jplante@nefmc.org">
jplante@nefmc.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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