[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27420]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101399E]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the New England 
Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of joint public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the New 
England Fishery Management Council Joint Dogfish Committee, together 
with the Joint Dogfish Industry Advisory Panel, will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 3, 1999, from 
10:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Boston Logan 
Airport, 225 McClellan Highway, Boston, MA; telephone: 617-569-5250.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 
2115, 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. 
19, or Paul Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management 
Council; telephone: 781-231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review the 
results of the recent Dogfish Technical Committee meeting and to 
develop quota and management measures for spiny dogfish for the 2000-01 
fishing year including quotas, trip limits, and any other measure 
specified in the fishery management plan. The joint committee will also 
discuss the NMFS partial disapproval of the Spiny Dogfish FMP and 
possible alternatives for female biomass rebuilding.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Committee 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 this notice and 
any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under secion 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, 
provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take 
final action to address the emergency.

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 Office (see 
ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 15, 1999.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-27420 Filed 10-19-99; 8:45 am]
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