[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13501-13502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5438]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 030101B]


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 (Council) and its 
Information and Education Committee, Large Pelagic Committee, Executive 
Committee, and Law Enforcement Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 20, 2001, through 
Thursday March 22, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Golden Inn, Oceanfront at 
78th Street, Avalon, NJ; telephone: 609-368-5155.
    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, March 20, 2001, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.--
Information and Education Committee program.
    Wednesday, March 21, 2001, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.--the Large Pelagics 
Committee will meet
    9 a.m. to 5 p.m.--Council will meet.
    Thursday, March 22, 2001, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.--the Executive Committee 
and Law Enforcement Committee will meet.
    9 a.m. to 1 p.m.--Council will meet.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Review and discuss new bycatch 
reduction technologies; review recent NMFS actions and rules affecting 
Highly Migratory Species (HMS); review, discuss, and adopt Framework 2 
management measures regarding extension of Illex moratorium, Loligo 
exemption in Illex fishery, real time management of Loligo, rule roll-
over for mackerel; address preparation of an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS), or Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS), 
to assess potential affects on the human environment owing to 
initiation of Amendment 13 to the Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishery

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Management Plan (FMP), which deals with new surfclam overfishing 
definition, fishing gear impacts on essential fish habitat (EFH), 
multi-year quotas, reversal of the requirement of regulatory action to 
suspend the surfclam size limit, development of a vessel monitoring 
system; address preparation of an EIS, or SEIS, to assess potential 
effects on the human environment owing to initiation of Amendment 13 to 
the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP, which deals with 
future commercial fishery management measures for black sea bass, and 
fishing gear impacts on EFH; the Executive Committee will review 
outcomes from the February Coordinating Council meeting, and review 
outcomes from NMFS meeting on National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 
requirements/responsibilities (potential EFH and EIS impacts); the Law 
Enforcement Committee will address means to better integrate and 
synchronize timing of law enforcement comments regarding proposed 
management actions and enforceability; the Council will hear 
organizational and committee reports including the New England 
Council's report where the Council may address possible actions on 
herring, groundfish, monkfish, red crab, scallops, skates, and whiting. 
Council may also address possible actions from the South Atlantic 
Council meeting on dolphin/wahoo; may discuss whiting management and 
possible impacts on the Mid-Atlantic Council fisheries; and may address 
and recommend a position regarding joint venture processing allocation 
for mackerel.
    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: March 1, 2001.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-5438 Filed 3-5-01; 8:45 am]
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