[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1601-1602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 010300B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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 its 
Comprehensive Management Committee, Demersal Committee, Monkfish 
Committee, Law Enforcement Committee, Committee Chairmen, and Executive 
Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2000 to 
Thursday, January 27, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Select, 480 King 
Street, Old Town Alexandria, VA; telephone: 703-549-6080.

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    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:
    January 25, 2000, 10:00 a.m. until noon-the Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet.
    1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.--the Demersal Committee will meet.
    Wednesday January 26, 2000, 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--the Council will 
meet to hear the SAW 30 Report.
    9:30 a.m. until noon--the Monkfish Committee will meet.
    11:00 a.m. until noon--the Law Enforcement Committee will meet.
    1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.--the Committee Chairmen will meet.
    4:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.--the Executive Committee will meet.
    Thursday, January 27, 2000, 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.--the Council 
will meet.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Discuss the development of 
workshops for 2000 including a workshop on summer flounder discards; 
discuss the development of a conservation equivalency amendment for 
summer flounder; discuss the development of an amendment to review 
allocation of annual total allowable catch (TAC) and discards and 
revise summer period state by state quotas for scup; possible review 
and comment on Federal Register notice on 2000 specifications for 
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discussion of disapproved 
portions of Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) amendment for summer 
flounder, scup, and black sea bass; discussion of other measures that 
would be included in amendments to summer flounder, scup, and black sea 
bass; review stock assessment on surfclams and Atlantic mackerel; 
discuss and recommend area adjustments through the amendment process 
for the Monkfish Fishery Management Plan; discuss and finalize 
procedures for enforcement recognition; develop the annual work plan 
for Council committees for year 2000.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject 
of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be 
restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any 
issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency 
action under section 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 (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-628 Filed 1-10-00; 8:45 am]
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