[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6855]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031098E]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny 
Dogfish Technical Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 2, 1998, from 10:00 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia 
Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610-521-8954.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to discuss 
revised estimates of current fishing mortality, review results of 
surplus production modeling and biomass estimation, review projection 
model results, and develop definition of overfishing.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Committee for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this 
notice.

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

    Dated: March 11, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-6855 Filed 3-16-98; 8:45 am]
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