[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 34 (Monday, February 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8547-8548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021699C]


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 (Council) and its 
Comprehensive Management Committee, Executive Committee and Demersal 
Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, March 9, 1999 through 
Thursday, March 11, 1999. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Wilmington Hilton, I-95 and 
Naamans Road, Claymont, DE; telephone: 302-792-2700.
     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, March 9th, the Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet from 1:00-5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, March 
10th, the Executive Committee will meet from 9:00-10:00 a.m. The 
Demersal Committee will meet from 10:00 a.m. to noon. There will be an 
Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP) report from 
1:00-2:00 p.m. Council will convene at 2:00 p.m. to discuss the Dogfish 
Fishery

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Management Plan (FMP) until 4:00 p.m., and to hear the Demersal 
Committee Report from 4:00-5:00 p.m. On Thursday, March 11th, Council 
convenes at 9:00 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 1:00 p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting include: industry funded data 
collection and research; bycatch of scup in the squid fishery; gear 
conflict problems; 1999 Council work plan; discuss Amendment 13 and 14 
to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP; possible 
framework management measures under Amendment 12 to the Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP; possible modifications to the 
summer flounder mortality rate reduction schedule; New England Council 
management measures for winter flounder; address possibility of interim 
measures for dogfish; 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.

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: February 17, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-4293 Filed 2-19-99; 8:45 am]
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