[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 232 (Monday, December 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63830-63831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30571]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112196C]


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 its 
Demersal Species Committee, together with the Industry Advisory 
Subcommittee and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board, and its Comprehensive 
Management Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on December 17 to December 19, 1996. 
On December 17, the Council will meet as a Demersal Species Council 
Committee of the Whole, together with the Industry Advisory 
Subcommittee and the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Board, beginning at 8:00 a.m. On December 18, the Council will meet 
from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., at which time the Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet until 5:00 p.m. On December 19, the 
Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until approximately noon.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Holiday Inn SunSpree 
Resort, 39th Street and Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; 
telephone: 804-428-1711.
    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: The purpose of these meetings is to prepare 
recommendations for summer flounder and scup recreational measures for 
1997, discuss Amendment 10 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and possibly adopt for public 
hearings, have presentation on the Magnuson-Stevens Act (which will 
include discussion on essential fish habitat), scoping of the Dogfish 
FMP with possible adoption of the document for staff to schedule 
scoping meetings, review the role of the Comprehensive Management 
Committee, and other fishery management matters.

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 at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting dates.


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    Dated: November 22, 1996.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-30571 Filed 11-29-96; 8:45 am]
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