[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 66125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112398C]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public 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 
Executive Committee, Law Enforcement Committee, Large Pelagics 
Committee, Comprehensive Management Committee and Tilefish Committee 
will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 1998 to 
Thursday, December 17, 1998. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia 
Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA, telephone: 610-521-
5900.
     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, December 15th, the Council will 
meet from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The Large Pelagics Committee will 
meet from 5:00-6:00 p.m. On Wednesday, December 16th, the Executive 
Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00 a.m. The Tilefish Committee and Law 
Enforcement Committee will meet simultaneously from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The 
Council, together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission 
(ASMFC) will meet from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, December 
17th, the Comprehensive Management Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00 
a.m. Council will meet from 9:00 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Discussion and possible adoption 
of management measures for Atlantic mackerel, Illex and Loligo squids, 
and butterfish; review and adopt Amendment 1 to the Monkfish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) for Secretarial submission; review public 
comments and adopt the Spiny Dogfish FMP for Secretarial approval; 
review Highly Migratory Species (HMS) FMPs and make possible 
recommendations; develop plans for Tilefish FMP development for 1999; 
review Monitoring Committee recommendations and develop recommendations 
on summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 1999 recreational 
management measures; discussion of commercial management measures for 
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discuss plans for 
comprehensive management for 1999 and possible recommendation on scup 
discards; discuss law enforcement concerns regarding management 
measures for Mid-Atlantic FMPs; discussion and possible adoption of 
management measures for bluefish, species managed by the New England 
Council, and dolphin and wahoo, 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 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: November 24, 1998.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-31994 Filed 11-30-98; 8:45 am]
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