[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 145 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39147-39148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18829]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072301G]


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 (Council) and its 
Ecosystem Management Committee (initial meeting), its Demersal Species 
Committee meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup and 
Black Sea Bass Board, and the Coastal Migratory Committee meeting as a 
Council Committee of the Whole with the ASMFC's Bluefish Board will 
hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, August 7, 2001, to 
Thursday, August 9, 2001. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Society Hill, One 
Dock Street, Philadelphia, PA, telephone: 215-238-6000.
    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: On Tuesday, August 7, the Ecosystem 
Management Committee will meet from 10 a.m. until noon. The Council and 
ASMFC will meet from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. On Wednesday, August 8, the 
Council and ASMFC will meet from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. On Thursday, 
August 9, the Executive Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. The 
Council and the ASMFC's Bluefish Board will meet from 9 a.m. until 11 
a.m. Council will meet from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
    Agenda items for the committees and Council meeting(s), as 
appropriate, are: Review of Scup Monitoring Committee's recommendations 
regarding 2002 harvest level and commercial management measures, and 
recommend 2002 harvest level and commercial management measures; review 
of Summer Flounder Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding 
2002 harvest level and commercial management measures, and recommend 
two possible 2002 harvest levels and commercial management measures; 
review Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding 
2002 harvest level and commercial management measures, and recommend 
2002 harvest level and commercial management measures; approve and 
adopt public hearing document for Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Plan; review Bluefish Monitoring Committee's 
recommendations regarding 2002 harvest level and management measures, 
and recommend bluefish harvest level and management measures for 2002; 
hear organizational and committee reports.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council and ASMFC for discussion, these issues can 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 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 (see ADDRESSES) at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.


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    Dated: July 24, 2001.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-18829 Filed 7-26-01; 8:45 am]
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