[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9811-9812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4608]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 022404C]


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 
Research Set Aside (RSA) Committee, Executive Committee, and Fisheries 
Issues Focus Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, March 16, through Thursday, 
March 18, 2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and 
times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Shell Island Resort Hotel, 
2700 N. Lumina Avenue, Wrightsville Beach, NC; telephone: 910-256-8696.
    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:

Tuesday, March 16, 2004

    10 a.m. until noon The Council will tour a local area Summer 
Flounder and Black Sea Bass Mariculture Facility.
    1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Research Set Aside Committee will meet.
    3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Executive Committee will meet.
    6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be a New England Council Scoping 
Hearing on its Omnibus Essential Fishing Habitat (EFH) Amendment.

Wednesday, March 17, 2004

    8 a.m. to 10 a.m. The Fisheries Issues Focus Committee will meet.
    10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The Council will meet.
    4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Council will visit the Wrightsville Beach U.S. 
Coast Guard (USCG) Station.

Thursday, March 18, 2004

    8 a.m. until noon The Council will meet.
    Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself 
are: Describe and discuss the RSA program and 2005 Request for Proposal 
(RFP), review RSA grants review/approval process, discuss possible RSA 
program improvements, discuss how the RSA program should be 
incorporated into NMFS science and management programs; Review the 
Council's selection criteria for industry advisors, and address future 
committee items; Discuss how slot sizes may be used in recreational 
fisheries, address using market forces to mitigate impacts of 
restrictive fishery regulations, discuss Marine Recreational Fishery 
Statistics Survey (MRFSS) Program and its implications for future, 
review and discuss Council's October 2003 action regarding summer 
flounder petition; Review Framework 5 options regarding multi-year 
setting of specifications for summer flounder, scup and black sea bass; 
Receive a presentation on seafood labeling and an overview of current 
USCG operations and issues; the Council will also 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, the South

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Atlantic Council report, and act on any new and/or old 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.

    Dated: February 25, 2004.
Peter H. Fricke,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-4608 Filed 3-1-04; 8:45 am]
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