[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58046-58047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24853]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 092100D]


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 (MAFMC) and its 
Comprehensive Management Committee, Executive Committee, Law 
Enforcement Committee, Demersal Committee, Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish 
Committee, and Habitat Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, October 10, 2000, to 
Thursday, October 12, 2000.

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ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sanderling Inn Resort & 
Conference Center, 1461 Duck Road, Duck, NC; telephone: 252-449-6664.
    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:

Tuesday, October 10, 2000

    From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.--the Comprehensive Management Committee will 
meet.
    From 11 a.m. to noon--the Executive Committee will meet.
    From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.--the Law Enforcement Committee with the 
Advisory Panel will meet.
    From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.--the Demersal Committee will meet 
concurrently.
    From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.--there will be a public hearing for Draft 
Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP).

Wednesday, October 11, 2000

    From 8 a.m. to 11 a.m.--the Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish Committee 
will meet.
    From 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.--the Habitat Committee will meet 
concurrently.
    11 a.m.--the Council will convene at 11:00 a.m. and depart for the 
U.S.Coast Guard Air Station at Elizabeth City, NC, for an overview of 
law enforcement operations for the remainder of the day.

Thursday, October 12, 2000

    8 a.m.--the Council will convene and is scheduled to adjourn at 1 
p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Review and approve generic 
framework measure to authorize quota set aside for non Individual 
Transferable Quota MAFMC species, review and discuss quota set aside 
request for proposals; review state proposals for MAFMC funding, review 
annual work plan developed at Committee Chairmen's meeting; review and 
evaluate Fishery Achievement Award nominations, review status of law 
enforcement (state/Federal) capabilities, develop committee strategy to 
review and comment on enforceability of Council's FMPs and related 
management measures, review Magnuson-Stevens Act National Standard 10, 
i.e., safety concerns inherent in FMPs and related management measures; 
review Summer Flounder Working Group's recommendations and develop 
committee's position on proposed action, review Summer Flounder 
Workshop results and determine a recommended course of action; convene 
public hearing for Draft Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, 
Black Sea Bass FMP; finalize management measures for Amendment 9 to the 
Squid-Mackerel-Butterfish Plan, review proposed 2001 specifications for 
Atlantic mackerel, review and develop recommendations regarding 
Lithuanian Total Allowable Level of Foreign Fishing application, 
comment on action taken by Monitoring Committee regarding fall 2000 
quota allocation; review NMFS Northeast Regional Office's essential 
fish habitat General Concurrence with Philadelphia Army Corps of 
Engineers, address issues regarding New York harbor spoil disposal; 
hear organization 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 MAFMC (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 22, 2000.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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