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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 113094A]

 

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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 (with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder Board) will hold public meetings on 
December 20-22, 1994, at the Ocean Place Hilton, One Ocean Boulevard, 
Long Branch, NJ 07740-6700; telephone: (908) 571-4000.
    On December 20, the Demersal Species Committee (with the ASMFC 
Summer Flounder Board) will meet from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m. At 7:00 
p.m., there will be a hearing on Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
    On December 21, the full Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 
2:30 p.m. From 2:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., there will be a scoping 
meeting for Amendment 1 to the Bluefish FMP.
    On December 22, the full Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 
approximately noon.
    The following topics may be discussed:
    (1) Possible adjustment to the 1995 summer flounder harvest target 
and commercial quota,
    (2) Review of hearing draft for Scup FMP,
    (3) Scoping for Summer Flounder Amendment 7,
    (4) Straddling stocks,
    (5) Mid-Atlantic implications for New England groundfish emergency,
    (6) Weakfish management,
    (7) Other fishery management matters.
    The Council meeting may be revised, 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: November 30, 1994.
David S. Crestin,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-30024 Filed 12-6-94; 8:45 am]
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