[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 136 (Monday, July 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37009-37010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17728]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 071001A]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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's (Council) Summer 
Flounder Monitoring Committee, Scup Monitoring Committee, Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee, and Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold 
public meetings.

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DATES: The meetings will be held on Thursday, August 2, 2001, beginning 
at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, BWI, 7031 
Elm Road, Baltimore, MD; telephone: 1-410-859-3300.
    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 these meetings is to 
recommend the 2002 commercial management measures, commercial quotas, 
and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black 
sea bass. The Bluefish Monitoring Committee will meet to recommend 
commercial management measures, recreational management measures, and a 
commercial quota for bluefish for 2002.
    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: July 10, 2001.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-17728 Filed 7-13-01; 8:45 am]
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