[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29740-29741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14934]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060696D]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public 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 
Law Enforcement Committee, Monkfish Committee (with Advisors), and 
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee will hold public 
meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on June 25-27, 1996. See SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Doubletree Inn (at 
airport), 4101 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 1-800-222-
TREE.
    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, extension 18.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 25, the Law Enforcement Committee 
will meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The Monkfish Committee will meet 
from 1:00-5:00 p.m. On June 26, the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. 
until noon, and the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee 
will meet as a Council Committee of the Whole from 1:00-4:00 p.m. On 
June 27, the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until approximately noon.
    The purpose of the meetings is to review NMFS Strategic Plan and 
enforcement issues on fishery management plans (FMP), review possible 
management measures for monkfish, review hearing comments for Amendment 
5 to Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP and adopt for 
Secretarial approval, and adopt Amendment 6 to Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish FMP for public hearings. We will also have a 
presentation on the HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point) 
Program.

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 (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting dates.

    Dated: June 7, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-14934 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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