[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 147 (Monday, July 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 46695]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19279]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072400D]


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 and its Demersal 
Species Committee, meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole, 
together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board; the Surfclam and Ocean 
Quahog Committee, meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole; the 
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee, meeting as a 
Council Committee of the Whole; the Coastal Migratory Committee, 
meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole, together with the ASMFC's 
Bluefish Board, and the Executive Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, August 14, 2000 to 
Thursday, August 17, 2000. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting 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: On Monday, August 14, the Council will meet 
from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On Tuesday, August 15, the Council will 
meet from 8:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. On Wednesday, August 16, the 
Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On Thursday, August 
17, the Executive Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00 a.m. The Council 
will meet from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: The swearing in of new and 
reappointed Council members; election of Council officers; report of 
the Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC); scup management measures 
for 2001 (review Scup Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding 
2001 harvest level and commercial management measures, recommend 2001 
harvest level and commercial management measures, review and discuss 
scup framework action modifying gear restricted areas); summer flounder 
management measures for 2001 (review and comment on NMFS August 1 
action regarding 2000 quota, review Summer Flounder Monitoring 
Committee's recommendations regarding 2001 harvest level and commercial 
management measures, recommend 2001 harvest level and commercial 
management measures); black sea bass management measures for 2001 
(review Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee's recommendation regarding 
2001 harvest level and commercial management measures, recommend 2001 
harvest level and commercial management measures); bluefish management 
measures for 2001 (review the Bluefish Monitoring Committee's 
recommendations regarding 2001 harvest level and management measures, 
recommend bluefish harvest level and management measures for 2001); 
surfclam and ocean quahog management measures for 2001 (review staff 
recommendations for 2001 quotas and management measures, develop and 
recommend 2001 quota specifications for surfclam and ocean quahogs); 
Atlantic mackerel, squid and butterfish management measures (review 
Monitoring Committee's recommendations for 2001 quotas and management 
measures, develop and recommend 2001 quota specifications and 
management measures for Atlantic mackerel, squids, and butterfish); 
possible consideration of provisions for quota set asides for research 
and data collection for all species but surfclams and ocean quahogs; 
hear organizational and committee reports.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the 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 actions 
to address such emergencies.

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 24, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-19279 Filed 7-28-00; 8:45 am]
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