[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 64864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111003C]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 
Ecosystems Committee and Executive Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 2, through 
Thursday, December 4, 2003. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Suites, 422 
Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE; telephone: 302-654-8300.
    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, December 2, the Ecosystems 
Committee will meet from 10 a.m. until noon. The Council will meet from 
1 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, December 3, the Executive Committee will 
meet from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. The Council will meet from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. 
The Council, together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board, 
will meet from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. On Thursday, December 4, the 
Council will meet from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
    Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself 
are: Review the committee charge regarding ecosystem-based management, 
habitat, GRAs, etc., and determine the need for advisors; Review the 
effect of the New England Council's action and likely schedule of 
events on Groundfish Amendment 13; Address the exclusion of limited 
access vessels and develop the Council position on NMFS' proposed 
action on Scallop Amendment 10; Review Delaware's Artificial Reef Plan: 
Review the Monkfish Committee's action regarding changes to management 
for 2004/05 fishing year, and adopt default measures or recommend new 
measures for 2004/05 fishing year; Review committees 2004 planned 
actions and schedules, and review committee advisory panel status; 
Review and adopt Framework 4 to the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish 
Framework 4 (Meeting 2) which extends the Illex squid moratorium; 
Review and discuss the Monitoring Committees' recommendations, review 
and discuss the Advisory Panels' recommendations, and develop and 
approve recreational management measures for 2004 for summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass; Hear a presentation of the Council's 
Communications Plan; Receive and hear committee and organizational 
reports, and act on any new and/or continuing 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 these meetings. 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.

    Dated: November 12, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E3-00272 Filed 11-14-03; 8:45 am]
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