[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 83 (Thursday, April 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23734-23735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11425]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042198B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the New 
England Fishery Management Council will hold a Joint Dogfish Committee 
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 12, 1998, from 10:00 
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. through Wednesday, May 13, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. until 
5:00 p.m.


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ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Philadelphia 
International Airport, 45 Industrial Highway, Essington, PA; telephone: 
610-521-2400.
     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting 
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
302-674-2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to discuss 
and recommend qualifying criteria for limited access permits, adopt the 
definition of overfishing, discuss and adopt a stock rebuilding 
strategy, and discuss and adopt draft management measures for the 
dogfish public hearing document.
    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: April 22, 1998.
George H. Darcy,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-11425 Filed 4-29-98; 8:45 am]
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