[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34385-34386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14476]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060203D]


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 (Council) and its 
Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee, Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 
Committee with Industry Advisors, and Executive Committee will hold a 
public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 24, through Thursday, 
June 26, 2003. 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, June 24, the Squid, Mackerel, 
and Butterfish Committee will meet from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. The 
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee with Industry Advisors will meet 
from 2 pm to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, June 25, Council will meet from 9 
a.m. until 4 p.m. The Executive Committee will meet from 4 p.m. to 5 
p.m. On Thursday, June 26, Council will meet from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
    Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself 
are: The Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee will discuss timing 
of Amendment 9, Amendment 10, and Framework 4; review Monitoring 
Committee's recommendations for 2004 quotas and management measures; 
and, develop the Committee's recommendations for 2004 quotas and 
management measures. The Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Committee, with 
Industry Advisors, will review staff recommendations for 2004 quotas 
and management measures; develop 2004 quota specification 
recommendations, and discuss Eastern Shore Seafood's request to begin 
Amendment 14. The Executive Committee will review and discuss outcomes 
from the Council Chairmen's meeting, and initiatives included in the 
Fisheries Quota Act of 2003 (Senate Bill 1106). The Council will review 
and adopt Framework 3 (authorizing quota rollover from Winter I to 
Winter II, and changing the start date for the summer period from May 1 
to April 15), Framework 4 (authorizing transfer of scup at sea) or some 
combination of these two Frameworks to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP); approve public hearing 
document for Amendment 9 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid and Butterfish 
FMP, review Committee's recommendations for 2004 quotas and management 
measures, and develop and recommend 2004 quota specifications and 
management measures for Atlantic mackerel, squids, and butterfish; 
review Committee's recommendations for 2004 quotas and management 
measures, and develop and approve 2004 quota specifications and 
management measures for surfclams and ocean quahogs; review, discuss 
and adopt management measures to be included in Amendment 2 to the 
Monkfish FMP; receive and discuss organizational and committee reports 
including: Executive Committee actions; Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 
issues; Research Set-Aside issues; Protected Resources issue and 
actions; New England Council's report regarding possible actions on 
herring, groundfish, monkfish, red crab, scallops, skates, and whiting; 
and, South Atlantic Council's report. They will act on any continuing 
and/or new business.
    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

    These meetings are 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: June 2, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-14476 Filed 6-6-03; 8:45 am]
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