[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16422-16423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8224]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 032499D]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting

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, April 21, 1999, from 
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the E. Boston Holiday Inn (at 
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, and New England Fishery 
Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA 01906.

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

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19, or Paul Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management 
Council; telephone: 781-231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda items for this meeting are: Interim 
management measures for seasonal quota period for fishing year 1999-
2000; measures to allow increases in yield while achieving female 
spawning stock rebuilding targets; limited entry alternatives; develop 
tasks for Dogfish Technical Committee including evaluations of 
biological reference points and data needs and analytical requirements 
for setting management measures for fishing year 2000-01.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Committees 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.

    Dated: March 25, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8224 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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