[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 184 (Wednesday, September 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50885-50886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25457]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091798D]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 its Executive 
Committee, Information and Education Committee, and Comprehensive 
Management Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, October 6, 1998 to 
Thursday, October 8, 1998..

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: On Tuesday, October 6, the Information and 
Education Committee will meet from 11:00 until noon. The Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet from 1:00-3:00 p.m. Council will meet 
from 3:00-5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, October 7, the Executive Committee 
will meet from 8:00-9:00 a.m. The Committee Chairmen will meet from 
9:00-10:00 a.m. Council will meet from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Council will 
meet, together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board from 11:00 
until noon. Council will meet with the ASMFC Bluefish Board from 1:00-
5:00 p.m. On Thursday, October 8, the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. 
until noon.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Adoption of Amendment 1 to the

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Bluefish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial submission; 
adoption of Amendment 12 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass FMP, Amendment 12 to the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog FMP, and 
Amendment 8 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP for 
Secretarial submission; possible review and comment on monkfish, 
whiting, New England groundfish, herring, lobster, and scallop 
management measures; discussion of the 1998 Illex quota; discussion and 
possible recommendations on ICCAT recommendation on member nation 
compliance for large pelagics; hear committee reports and other fishery 
management matters.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed in this notice.
    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: September 18, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-25457 Filed 9-22-98; 8:45 am]
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