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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090694B]

 

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 
Coastal Migratory Committee (with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission (ASMFC) Bluefish Board), Demersal Species Committee (with 
ASMFC Summer Flounder Board), Large Pelagics Committee, and Enforcement 
Committee will hold public meetings on September 27-29, 1994, at the 
Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, 
PA 19113, telephone: (215) 521-5900.
    On September 27, the Coastal Migratory and Demersal Species 
Committees will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On September 28, 
the full Council will begin its meeting at 8:00 a.m. with the election 
of officers and will adjourn at 3:00 p.m. The Large Pelagics and 
Enforcement Committees will meet from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. On 
September 29, the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 
noon.
    The following topics will be discussed:
    (1) Bluefish management recommendations for 1995;
    (2) Summer flounder management recommendations for 1995;
    (3) Swordfish scoping document;
    (4) International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas 
peer review report;
    (5) Enforcement Committee program;
    (6) Election of new officers;
    (7) Surf clam/ocean quahog management recommendations for 1995 (per 
Committee meeting held on September 12, 1994 (59 FR 42819, August 19, 
1994)); and
    (8) Other fishery management matters.
    The Council meeting may be lengthened or shortened based on the 
progress of the meeting. The Council may go into closed session to 
discuss personnel or national security matters.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 
19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This meeting is physically accessible to 
people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or 
other auxiliary aids should be directed to Joanna Davis on (302) 674-
2331, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 7, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-22479 Filed 9-9-94; 8:45 am]
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