[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 144 (Thursday, July 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 38717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18897]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071596D]


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 
their Coastal Migratory Committee with Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC) Bluefish Board, Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
Butterfish Committee (with Monitoring Committee and Advisors), and Law 
Enforcement Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on August 6-8, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn, 700 King 
Street, Wilmington, DE 19801; telephone: 302-655-0400 or 1-800-HOLIDAY.
    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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    August 6, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., the Coastal 
Migratory Committee and ASMFC Bluefish Board will meet.
    August 6, 1996, from 10:00 a.m. until noon, the Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee will meet. August 6, 1996, 
from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., the Coastal Migratory Committee will 
meet as a Council Committee Of The Whole with the ASMFC Bluefish Board.
    August 7, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m., the Council will 
meet at which time there will be a Stock Assessment Workshop.
    August 7, 1996, from 1:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., the Atlantic 
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee will meet as a Council 
Committee Of The Whole with Advisors.
    August 7, 1996, from 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., the Law Enforcement 
Committee will meet.
    August 8, 1996, from 8:00 a.m. until approximately 1:30 p.m., the 
Council will meet.
    The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the Bluefish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) Amendment 1, the 1997 bluefish management 
measures, review comments and recommendations for adoption of Amendment 
6 and discuss 1997 specifications to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
Butterfish FMP, discuss filleting of fish at sea. Further, the Council 
will discuss and may adopt for public hearing purposes a regulatory 
amendment to the Scup FMP, and will consider and may adopt a 
resubmittal of the disapproved quota provision of the Black Sea Bass 
FMP.

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

    Dated: July 19, 1996.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-18897 Filed 7-24-96; 8:45 am]
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