[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 14, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 31279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14475]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 652

[I.D. 060195F]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public hearings to allow for input on Amendment 7 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Summer Flounder Fishery (FMP).

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until June 22, 1995. All 
hearings will begin at 7 p.m. except the New York hearing, which begins 
at 7:30 p.m., as follows:
    1. June 19, 1995, in Virginia Beach, VA.
    2. June 21, 1995, in Ronkonkoma, NY.
    3. June 21, 1995, in Toms River, NJ.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to David R. Keifer, Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 2115 Federal Building, 300 
South New Street, Dover, DE 19904-6790.
    The hearings will be held at the following locations:
    1. Virginia Beach--Days Inn, 5807 Northampton Boulevard, Virginia 
Beach, VA.
    2. Ronkonkoma--Holiday Inn, 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, 
Ronkonkoma, NY.
    3. Toms River--Holiday Inn, 290 Highway 37 East, Toms River, NJ.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer, (302) 674-2331; fax 
(302) 674-5399).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FMP currently contains a fishing 
mortality rate reduction strategy that requires a reduction to a 
fishing mortality rate of 0.23 beginning in 1996. The purpose of 
Amendment 7 is to revise that schedule to require a fishing mortality 
rate of 0.41 in 1996, 0.30 in 1997, and 0.23 in 1998 and thereafter. In 
addition, the total coastwide quota (commercial and recreational) in 
1996 and 1997 may not exceed 18.51 million pounds (8.40 m. kg) unless 
such a higher quota would result in a fishing mortality rate of 0.23 or 
less.
    All hearings will be tape recorded and the tapes will be filed as 
the official transcript of the hearings.
    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 302-674-2331 at least 5 days 
prior to the hearing dates.

    Dated: June 8, 1995.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14475 Filed 6-13-95; 8:45 am]
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