[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40572-40573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072099A]


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 (Council) and its 
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee, Comprehensive Management 
Committee, Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish Committee and Squid-Mackerel-
Butterfish Monitoring Committee, and Executive Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, August 9, 1999, to 
Thursday, August 12, 1999. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Society Hill, One 
Dock Street, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 215-238-6000.
     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:

Monday, August 9, 1999

     10:00 a.m. until noon--Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish 
Monitoring Committee
     10:00 a.m. until noon--Comprehensive Management Committee
     1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.--Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee
     3:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.--Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish Committee

Tuesday, August 10, 1999

     8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.--Council will meet.

Wednesday, August 11, 1999

     8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.--Council will meet with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Board

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Thursday, August 12,1999

     9:00 a.m. until noon--Council will meet with the ASMFC's Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Bass Board
     1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.--Council will meet with the ASMFC's 
Bluefish Board
    The full Council session will continue until 4:00 p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting include: Election of Chairman and 
Vice Chairman; review process for field program proposals; adoption of 
2000 quota and commercial management measures for surfclams and ocean 
quahogs; development of recommendations for and adoption of 2000 quotas 
and commercial management measures for Atlantic mackerel, Loligo and 
Illex squids and butterfish; adoption of commercial quota, recreational 
harvest limit, and commercial management measures for summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass for 2000; adoption of bluefish management 
measures for 2000; and consideration of revised habitat sections for 
previously disapproved fishery management plans. Other items scheduled 
on the agenda include: Report of Stock Assessment Review Committee; 
receipt of committee reports and other fishery management issues.
    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, such issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. 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: July 21, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-19169 Filed 7-26-99; 8:45 am]
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