[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2886-2887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1118]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011199F]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and its
Information & Education Committee, Tilefish Committee, Surfclam and
Ocean Quahog Committee, Executive Committee, Comprehensive Management
Committee, and Habitat Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 1999 to
Thursday, February 4, 1999. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the New York Marriott, 3 World
Trade Center, New York, NY; telephone: 212-938-9100.
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: On Tuesday, February 2, the Information &
Education (I&E) Committee will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. The Tilefish
Committee will meet from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The Surfclam and Ocean Quahog
Committee will meet from 3:00-5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, February 3, there
will be a tour of the Fulton Fish Market from 5:30-8:00 a.m. The
Executive Committee will meet from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The Comprehensive
Management Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The Habitat
Committee will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. The Council will meet from
2:00-5:00 p.m. to address scallop management and possible dogfish
actions. On Thursday, February 4, the Council will meet at 9:00 a.m.
and adjourn at approximately noon.
Agenda items for these meetings are: Review the 1999 schedule for I
& E activities; review progress on Tilefish fishery management plan
(FMP) development; possible selection of tilefish advisors; discuss
Delmarva surfclam issue and future economic modeling; discuss
comprehensive management activities for 1999; possible development of
recommendations to reduce bycatch of scup; discuss scallop management
issues; discuss 1999 schedule Habitat Committee; review New England
Council action on dogfish FMP and develop recommendations on interim
and/or emergency actions for spiny dogfish management measure
implementation; possible discussion of commercial and recreational
management measures for other Mid-Atlantic species, discussion and
possible adoption of management measures for species managed by the New
England and South Atlantic Councils; and other fishery management
matters.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during these meetings. Action will be
restricted to those issues
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specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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 12, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1118 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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