[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 66125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112398C]
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 (Council) and its
Executive Committee, Law Enforcement Committee, Large Pelagics
Committee, Comprehensive Management Committee and Tilefish Committee
will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 1998 to
Thursday, December 17, 1998. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia
Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA, telephone: 610-521-
5900.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone:
302-674-2331, ext. 16.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, December 15th, the Council will
meet from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Large Pelagics Committee will
meet from 5:00-6:00 p.m. On Wednesday, December 16th, the Executive
Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00 a.m. The Tilefish Committee and Law
Enforcement Committee will meet simultaneously from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The
Council, together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
(ASMFC) will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, December
17th, the Comprehensive Management Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00
a.m. Council will meet from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m.
Agenda items for this meeting are: Discussion and possible adoption
of management measures for Atlantic mackerel, Illex and Loligo squids,
and butterfish; review and adopt Amendment 1 to the Monkfish Fishery
Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial submission; review public
comments and adopt the Spiny Dogfish FMP for Secretarial approval;
review Highly Migratory Species (HMS) FMPs and make possible
recommendations; develop plans for Tilefish FMP development for 1999;
review Monitoring Committee recommendations and develop recommendations
on summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 1999 recreational
management measures; discussion of commercial management measures for
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discuss plans for
comprehensive management for 1999 and possible recommendation on scup
discards; discuss law enforcement concerns regarding management
measures for Mid-Atlantic FMPs; discussion and possible adoption of
management measures for bluefish, species managed by the New England
Council, and dolphin and wahoo, and other fishery management matters.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this
notice.
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: November 24, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-31994 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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