[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1701]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011900A]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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 (Council) and the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup and 
Black Sea Bass Board (Board) will hold a public meeting.

DATES:  The meeting will be held Thursday, February 10, 2000, from 
1:00-5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES:  This meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel, 901 N. 
Fairfax Street, Alexandria, VA; telephone 703-683-6000.
    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:  The Council and Board will consider the 
following items: 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 and discards and 
revise summer period state by state quotas for scup; possible review 
and comment on 2000 specifications for summer flounder, scup, and black 
sea bass; discussion of disapproved portions of Sustainable Fisheries 
Act amendment for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; and 
discussion of other measures that would be included in amendments to 
summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council and Commission 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 
document and any issues arising after publication of this notice that 
require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management 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, 302-674-2331, at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 19, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-1701 Filed 1-24-00; 8:45 am]
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