[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2886-2887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1118]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 011199F]


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 and its 
Information & Education Committee, Tilefish Committee, Surfclam and 
Ocean Quahog Committee, Executive Committee, Comprehensive Management 
Committee, and Habitat Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, February 2, 1999 to 
Thursday, February 4, 1999. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the New York Marriott, 3 World 
Trade Center, New York, NY; telephone: 212-938-9100.
     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 
19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, February 2, the Information & 
Education (I&E) Committee will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. The Tilefish 
Committee will meet from 2:00-3:00 p.m. The Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 
Committee will meet from 3:00-5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, February 3, there 
will be a tour of the Fulton Fish Market from 5:30-8:00 a.m. The 
Executive Committee will meet from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m. until noon. The Habitat 
Committee will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. The Council will meet from 
2:00-5:00 p.m. to address scallop management and possible dogfish 
actions. On Thursday, February 4, the Council will meet at 9:00 a.m. 
and adjourn at approximately noon.
    Agenda items for these meetings are: Review the 1999 schedule for I 
& E activities; review progress on Tilefish fishery management plan 
(FMP) development; possible selection of tilefish advisors; discuss 
Delmarva surfclam issue and future economic modeling; discuss 
comprehensive management activities for 1999; possible development of 
recommendations to reduce bycatch of scup; discuss scallop management 
issues; discuss 1999 schedule Habitat Committee; review New England 
Council action on dogfish FMP and develop recommendations on interim 
and/or emergency actions for spiny dogfish management measure 
implementation; possible discussion of commercial and recreational 
management measures for other Mid-Atlantic species, discussion and 
possible adoption of management measures for species managed by the New 
England and South Atlantic Councils; and other fishery management 
matters.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during these meetings. Action will be 
restricted to those issues

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specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: January 12, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1118 Filed 1-15-99; 8:45 am]
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