[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56294]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23923]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091200D]


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(s).

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Comprehensive 
Management Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, October 2, 2000, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesday, October 3, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: This 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, Room 
2115, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 
19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to discuss 
and identify possible sources of summer flounder commercial bycatch, 
i.e., who is responsible for the commercial bycatch, and when and where 
is it taken. Possible solutions to reduce the take of commercial 
bycatch, and where bycatch can not be avoided, to reduce the mortality 
of it will be discussed and developed for purposes of providing written 
recommendations to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
regarding the resolution of commercial bycatch in the summer flounder 
fishery.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those 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 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 at the Council Office (see 
ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 12, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-23923 Filed 9-15-00 8:45 am]
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