[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 325-326]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-196]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 122903F]


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 
Demersal Species Committee (meeting as a Council committee of the whole 
together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board), Ecosystems Committee, and 
Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 20, through 
Thursday, January 22, 2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Old Town Holiday Inn 
Select, 480 King Street, Old Town Alexandria, VA, telephone: 703-549-
6080.
    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, January 20, the Demersal Species 
Committee meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 
Sea Bass Board will meet from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, January 
21, The Ecosystems Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The 
Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee will meet from 10 a.m. to noon. 
Council will meet from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, January 22, 
Council will meet from 8 a.m. until approximately 3 p.m.
    Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself 
are: Address Framework 5 multi-year specification action for summer 
flounder, scup, and black sea bass; Address how to deal with rebuilt 
stocks, and review essential fish habitat (EFH) issues and develop 
comments on NMFS EFH final rule, address use of habitat areas of 
particular concerns and marine

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protected areas in Mid-Atlantic exclusive economic zone and consider 
renaming the Ecosystem Committee; Finalize issues to be addressed for 
Amendment 9 public hearing draft and address issues to be included in 
Amendment 10 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish fishery 
management plan; Receive briefing from NMFS officials on its fishery 
dependent data collection systems (recreational and commercial) and 
receive comment on the proposed regulations for electronic dealer 
reporting; Receive update on NMFS bycatch activities; Receive report on 
cooperative research activities involving National Fisheries Institute-
SMC, Rutgers University, Northeast Fisheries Science Center; Receive 
report on most recent Stock Assessment Workshop/Stock Assessment 
Research Committee process; Receive and hear committee and 
organizational reports, and act on any new and/or continuing business, 
e.g., reinitiation of tilefish limited entry system.
    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.
    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.

    Dated: December 30, 2003.
Richard W. Surdi,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-196 Filed 01-02-04; 8:45 am]
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