[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17348-17349]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8908]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 040599B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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, its Executive 
Committee, and its Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog, Comprehensive 
Management, Information and Education, Tilefish, and Squid,

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Mackerel and Butterfish Committees will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held from April 27-29, 1999. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Atlantic City 
West, 6821 Black Horse Pike, Atlantic City, NJ; telephone: 609-272-
0200. 
    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:

Meeting Dates and Agendas

    On Tuesday, April 27 the Surf Clam and Ocean Quahog Committee will 
meet from 9:00 a.m. until noon. The Comprehensive Management Committee 
will meet from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. There will be a Tilefish 
Committee scoping meeting from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
    On Wednesday, April 28 the Executive Committee will meet from 8:00 
a.m. until 10:00 a.m. The Information and Education Committee will meet 
from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. The Tilefish Committee will meet from 
10:00 a.m. until noon. The Squid, Mackerel and Butterfish Committee 
will meet from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
    On Thursday, April 29 the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 
noon.
    Agenda items for the meetings include discussion of preliminary 
results of economic models for surf clams and ocean quahogs; convening 
of workshop on scup to discuss ways to reduce bycatch in small mesh 
fisheries; discussion of Information and Education Committee plans for 
1999; review of results of March 31-April 1 meetings on tilefish, and 
discussion of possible tilefish management measures; review of 1999 
quota specifications for Illex; review of the status of Amendment 8 to 
squid, mackerel, and butterfish fishery management plan, and potential 
for framework actions for squid, mackerel and butterfish; review of 
quota setting procedures and other management measures for the year 
2000 Illex fishing season, including seasonal restrictions and in-
season quota adjustments based on outcome of pending stock assessment; 
discussion of Amendment 9 management measures, including real-time 
management of the Illex fishery and limited entry for the Atlantic 
mackerel fishery; approve staff reorganization and address Executive 
Committee and industry advisory appointment policy.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
the Council/Committees for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, such issues may not be 
the subject of formal Council/Committee action during these meetings. 
Council/Committee actions will be restricted to those issues 
specifically identified in the agenda listed in this notice.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Joanna Davis at least five days prior to the 
meeting dates.

    Dated: April 5, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-8908 Filed 4-8-99; 8:45 am]
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