[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1601-1602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-628]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010300B]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its
Comprehensive Management Committee, Demersal Committee, Monkfish
Committee, Law Enforcement Committee, Committee Chairmen, and Executive
Committee will hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 to
Thursday, January 27, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Select, 480 King
Street, Old Town Alexandria, VA; telephone: 703-549-6080.
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Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director,
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext.
19.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
January 25, 2000, 10:00 a.m. until noon-the Comprehensive
Management Committee will meet.
1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.--the Demersal Committee will meet.
Wednesday January 26, 2000, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--the Council will
meet to hear the SAW 30 Report.
9:30 a.m. until noon--the Monkfish Committee will meet.
11:00 a.m. until noon--the Law Enforcement Committee will meet.
1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.--the Committee Chairmen will meet.
4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.--the Executive Committee will meet.
Thursday, January 27, 2000, 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.--the Council
will meet.
Agenda items for this meeting are: Discuss the development of
workshops for 2000 including a workshop on summer flounder discards;
discuss the development of a conservation equivalency amendment for
summer flounder; discuss the development of an amendment to review
allocation of annual total allowable catch (TAC) and discards and
revise summer period state by state quotas for scup; possible review
and comment on Federal Register notice on 2000 specifications for
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discussion of disapproved
portions of Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) amendment for summer
flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discussion of other measures that
would be included in amendments to summer flounder, scup, and black sea
bass; review stock assessment on surfclams and Atlantic mackerel;
discuss and recommend area adjustments through the amendment process
for the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan; discuss and finalize
procedures for enforcement recognition; develop the annual work plan
for Council committees for year 2000.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency
action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Joanna Davis at the Council (see ADDRESSES) at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 6, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-628 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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