[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16816]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061598B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 Wednesday, July 8, 1998, from 9:30 
a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Logan Airport, 
225 McClellan Highway, E. Boston, MA; telephone: 617-569-5250.
     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904, telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. 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 review 
analyses conducted by the Technical Committee concerning the stock 
rebuilding options, revised discard mortality estimates, and alternate 
minimum size limits. Management options to be included in the public 
hearing draft of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan will be 
finalized.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the 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 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.

Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16816 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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