[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 142 (Monday, July 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45583-45584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18651]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071800C]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 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's (MAFMC) Summer 
Flounder Monitoring Committee, Scup Monitoring Committee, Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee, and Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 8, 2000, the Scup 
Monitoring Committee will begin meeting at 9:00 a.m. followed by the 
Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee, the Black Sea Bass Monitoring 
Committee and the Bluefish Monitoring Committee.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Sheraton 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, 
MAFMC, telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to 
recommend the 2001 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 2001.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. 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, 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 at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.


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    Dated: July 18, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-18651 Filed 7-21-00; 8:45 am]
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