[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-30720]
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[Federal Register: December 14, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 655
[I.D. 120594D]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce
ACTION: Public hearings; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a public
hearing on draft Amendment 5 to the Fishery Management Plan for the
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery (FMP) and the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS). The purpose of the hearing is to
allow for public input on the Amendment and the DEIS.
DATES: Written comments will be accepted until January 17, 1995. Public
hearings will be held on December 12-15 and December 20, 1994 (see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
ADDRESSES: Send written comments to David R. Keifer, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Federal Building,
Room 2115, 300 South New Street, Dover, DE 19904. Hearings will be held
in VA, NY, MD, RI, MA, ME, and NJ (see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer; telephone: 302-674-
2331.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amendments 2 through 4 to the FMP, as
adopted by the Council and approved by NMFS, established procedures for
setting annual catch specifications for Atlantic mackerel, Loligo
squid, Illex squid, and butterfish, required that commercial vessels
and party and charter boats obtain permits, established overfishing
definitions for the four species, and established policies related to
the foreign fishery and joint ventures. The fishery for the squids and
butterfish has been developed by U.S. fishermen, and the fishery for
the squids is reaching maximum biological catch limits. The purpose of
Amendment 5 is to resolve these problems by possibly eliminating
foreign fisheries for butterfish and the squids, implementing moratoria
on entry of additional vessels into the squid and butterfish fisheries,
allowing for a seasonal quota and implementing a minimum mesh net size
in the Loligo fishery, and developing a dealer and vessel reporting
system.
Public Hearings
The scheduled public hearings are as follows:
December 12 Quality Inn Lake Wright, 6280 Northampton Blvd.,
Norfolk, VA
December 12 Cornell Cooperative Extension Office of Suffolk County,
246 Griffing Ave., Riverhead, NY
December 13 Dunes Manor, 28th St. and the Ocean, Ocean City, MD
December 13 Dutch Inn, Great Island Rd., Galilee, RI
December 14 Cape May Extension Office, Dennisville Rd., Cape May,
NJ
December 14 Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Academy Drive, Buzzards
Bay, MA
December 14 Holiday Inn West, 81 Riverside St., Portland, ME
December 20 Ocean Place Hilton, Long Branch, NJ
All hearings begin at 7 p.m. except the New York hearing, which
begins a 7:30 p.m., and will be tape-recorded, with the tapes filed as
the official transcript of the hearing. The December 20 hearing will
cover the DEIS as well as Amendment 5.
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretational or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to David R. Keifer at 302-674-2331 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 8, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-30720 Filed 12-13-94; 8:45 am]
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