[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2807]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012903F]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public 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's (Council) 
Demersal Species Committee and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Board, 
will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2003, from 1 
p.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree Hotel, Crystal 
City, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA; telephone: 703-416-4100 or 
800-222-8733.
    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: The main agenda item for this meeting is to 
discuss 2003 planning priorities for summer flounder, scup, and black 
sea bass.
    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) least 
5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 29, 2003.
Theophilus R. Brainerd,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-2807 Filed 2-5-03; 8:45 am]
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