[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7628-7629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2023]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011201E]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public 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 (MAFMC) and its 
Comprehensive Management Committee, Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 
Committee, Executive Committee, and Law Enforcement Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2001, to 
Thursday, February 8, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Wyndham Hotel, 700 King 
Street, Wilmington, DE; telephone: 302-655-0400.
    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, February 6, 2001, 1 p.m. to 5 
p.m.--the Comprehensive Management Committee will meet.
    From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.--the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee will 
meet concurrently.
    At 7 p.m., there will be a New England Council Scoping Meeting for 
the development of a Skate Fishery Management Plan (FMP).
    Wednesday, February 7, 2001, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.--the Executive 
Committee will meet.
    From 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.--the Law Enforcement Committee will meet 
concurrently.
    From 9 a.m. until 4:15 p.m.--the MAFMC will meet.
    Thursday, February 8, 2001, 8 a.m. until approximately noon--the 
MAFMC will meet.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Update MAFMC's research 
priorities, review and approve draft quota set-aside request for 
proposals (RFP), review Framework 1 for Secretarial approval, discuss 
future Comprehensive

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Management Committee projects; review and evaluate position paper for 
Amendment 13 to the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery Management Plan; 
discuss coordination and processing of joint plans (MAFMC and New 
England Fishery Management Council, MAFMC and Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission); address Federal enforcement of summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass recreational rules in light of possible 
differences in size, season, and bag limits between exclusive economic 
zone and state jurisdiction; review and discuss Framework 2 management 
measures regarding extension of Illex moratorium, Loligo exemption in 
Illex fishery, real time management of Loligo and rule roll-over for 
mackerel; review and approve Framework 1 measures regarding quota set-
aside for Secretarial submission; Stock Assessment Workshop 32 public 
review workshop for sea scallops, American plaice, Gulf of Maine 
haddock, silver hake (whiting); horseshoe crab management update; 
Information and Education presentation on Marine Recreational Fisheries 
Statistics Survey (MRFSS) data; review and approve Framework 2 
management measures regarding conservation equivalency for Secretarial 
submission; hear organizational and committee reports including the New 
England Council's report where the MAFMC may address possible actions 
on mahogany quahogs, groundfish, scallops, skates, herring, monkfish 
and dogfish; and address and recommend MAFMC position regarding joint 
venture processing allocation for mackerel.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the MAFMC for discussion, these issues may not be the subject of 
formal MAFMC 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 Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the MAFMC'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: January 18, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
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