[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 130 (Thursday, July 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 36857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-17370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 062999B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting(s).

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder 
Monitoring Committee, Scup Monitoring Committee, Black Sea Bass 
Monitoring Committee, and Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: On July 20, 1999, the Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will 
begin meeting at 10:00 a.m. The Scup Monitoring Committee will meet 
from 2:00-5:00 p.m. On July 21, 1999, the Summer Flounder Monitoring 
Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. until noon. The Bluefish Monitoring 
Committee will meet from 1:00-4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Sheraton International 
Hotel, Baltimore-Washington International Airport, 7032 Elm Road, BWI 
Airport, Baltimore, MD 21240, telephone: 410-859-3300.
     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: The purpose of these meetings is to 
recommend the 2000 commercial management measures, commercial quotas, 
and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black 
sea bass. The Bluefish Monitoring Committee will meet to recommend 
commercial management measures, recreational management measures, and a 
commercial quota for bluefish for 2000.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these committees for discussion, in acccordance 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: July 1, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-17370 Filed 7-7-99; 8:45 am]
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