[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 37544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18613]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 070698B]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer
Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Monitoring Committees will
hold a public meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, the Black
Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
and the Scup Monitoring Committee will meet from 2:00-4:00 p.m. On
Wednesday, July 29, 1998, the Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee will
meet from 8:00 a.m. until noon, and the Bluefish Monitoring Committee
will meet from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Westin Suites, 4101
Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 215-365-6600.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S.
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Acting
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone:
302-674-2331, ext. 16.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to
recommend the 1999 commercial management measures, commercial quotas,
and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black
sea bass. The Bluefish Monitoring Committee will meet to recommend
commercial management measures, recreational management measures, and a
commercial quota for bluefish for 1999.
Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before
this Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be 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: July 7, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-18613 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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