[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 232 (Monday, December 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63830-63831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30571]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112196C]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 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
Demersal Species Committee, together with the Industry Advisory
Subcommittee and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC)
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board, and its Comprehensive
Management Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held on December 17 to December 19, 1996.
On December 17, the Council will meet as a Demersal Species Council
Committee of the Whole, together with the Industry Advisory
Subcommittee and the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Board, beginning at 8:00 a.m. On December 18, the Council will meet
from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., at which time the Comprehensive
Management Committee will meet until 5:00 p.m. On December 19, the
Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until approximately noon.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn SunSpree
Resort, 39th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451;
telephone: 804-428-1711.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: 302-674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer, Executive Director;
telephone: 302-674-2331.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to prepare
recommendations for summer flounder and scup recreational measures for
1997, discuss Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and possibly adopt for public
hearings, have presentation on the Magnuson-Stevens Act (which will
include discussion on essential fish habitat), scoping of the Dogfish
FMP with possible adoption of the document for staff to schedule
scoping meetings, review the role of the Comprehensive Management
Committee, and other fishery management matters.
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 at
least 5 days prior to the meeting dates.
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Dated: November 22, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30571 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]
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