[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 70413]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111902B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 
Ecosystems Committee, its Executive Committee, and 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, will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be convened Tuesday, December 10, 2002, to 
Thursday, December 12, 2002.
    On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, the Ecosystems Committee will meet 
from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Council will meet from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
    On Wednesday, December 11, 2002, the Council will meet jointly with 
the ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board from 8:30 
a.m. to 5 p.m.
    On Thursday, December 12, 2002, the Executive Committee will meet 
from 8 to 9 a.m. Council will meet from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sanderling Inn Resort & 
Conference Center, 1461 Duck Road, Duck, NC, telephone 252-261-4111.
    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: Agenda items for the committees and Council 
meetings are: begin reviewing NMFS bycatch efforts and impacts to MAFMC 
fishery management plans, committee update on national workshop on 
fishing gear impacts to essential fish habitat, discuss ASMFC workshop 
on multispecies assessment; monkfish Stock Assessment and Fishery 
Evaluation Report 2001 and final action on Framework 2 to modify 
reference points and set trip limits/days at sea for 2003; summer 
flounder, scup, and black sea bass recreational management measures 
review and discuss Monitoring Committees' recommendations, review and 
discuss Advisory Panels' recommendations, and develop and approve 
recreational management measures for 2003; discuss and possibly 
identify summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass plan development 
priorities for 2003; review Council 2003 calendar, budget, and annual 
work plan; approve action to extend Illex limited access moratorium for 
one year, i.e., through June 30, 2004; receive and discuss 
organizational and committee reports including the New England 
Council's report regarding possible actions on herring, groundfish, 
monkfish, red crab, scallops, skates, and whiting.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council and ASMFC for discussion, in accordance with the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 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 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 least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: November 19, 2002.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-29777 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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