[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22321]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082696A]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
Demersal Species Committee, together with the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Board, and the Law Enforcement Committee will hold a public 
meeting. There will also be opportunity for Council to hear comments on 
the Maine mahogany ocean quahog experimental fishery.

DATES: The meetings will be held on September 17-19, 1996. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Doubletree Guest Suites, 
4101 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: (215) 365-6600.
    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: On September 17, the Council will hold 
Election of Officers between 8:00-8:30 a.m. From 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m., the Demersal Species Committee will meet with the ASMFC Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board as a Council Committee of the 
Whole. On September 18, the Demersal Species Committee with the ASMFC 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board will meet again until 
noon. The full Council will meet from 1:00-4:00 p.m. The Enforcement 
Committee will meet from 4:00-5:00 p.m. On September 19, the Council 
will meet from 8:00 a.m. until early afternoon.
    The NMFS Northeast Regional Administrator is seeking comment on a 
proposed experimental fishery for mahogany ocean quahogs in the Gulf of 
Maine. This experiment was jointly requested by the Council and the 
State of Maine to test the operational aspects of a management program 
under consideration for this fishery. This experimental fishery will 
provide information on the logistical operation of this management 
program prior to its adoption for implementation by the Council. 
Written comments must be received by this date.
    The purpose of this meeting is to decide the 1997 allowable catch, 
commercial quota, commercial management measures, and recreational 
target harvest levels for summer flounder and scup; adopt the scup 
regulatory amendment for Secretarial approval; consider enforceable 
regulations for filleting at sea, and other fishery management matters.

Special Accommodations

    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 least 5 days prior to the meeting 
dates.

    Dated: August 26, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22321 Filed 8-30-96; 8:45 am]
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