[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 143 (Tuesday, July 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44643-44644]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1652]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 072104C]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), 
Executive Committee, its Ecosystems Committee, and its Demersal Species 
Committee meeting as a Council Committee of the Whole with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Board, and Bluefish Board (s) will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 10, 2004 through 
Thursday, August 12, 2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Wyndham Baltimore Inner 
Harbor, 101 Fayette Street, Baltimore, MD; telephone: (410) 752-1100.
    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: Agenda items for the Council's committees 
and the Council itself are:
    On Tuesday, August 10, the Executive Committee will meet from 9 
a.m. to 10 a.m. and the Council will convene at 10 a.m., and meet from 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Wednesday, August 11, new and reappointed members 
will be sworn into office from 8 a.m. to 8:10 a.m. The Council will 
meet jointly with the ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Boards from 8:10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. On Thursday, August 12, the 
Ecosystems Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and the Council 
will meet from 9:30 a.m. until approximately 2 p.m.
    On Tuesday, August 10, the Executive Committee will review 
functional responsibilities of the Council; also will review and 
discuss Council relationships with NMFS, NOAA, DOC and U.S. Congress 
vis-a-vis ``teamwork

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and cooperation;'' the Council will receive a report of the 39th Stock 
Assessment Review Committee and review summary results of this report; 
the Council and ASMFC's Bluefish Board will review the Bluefish 
Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding 2005 harvest level and 
associated management measures, and recommend the 2005 harvest level 
and associated management measures.
    On Wednesday, August 11, the Council and ASMFC's Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards will review Monitoring Committee 
recommendations regarding the 2005, 2005 and 2006, or 2005, 2006, and 
2007 harvest levels and commercial management measures, and recommend 
the 2005, 2005 and 2006, or 2005, 2006, and 2007 harvest levels and 
commercial management measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea 
bass.
    On Thursday, August 12, the Ecosystems Committee will review the 
Council's grant Statement of Work (SOW) and develop additional options 
to be included in the proposed program. The Council will also receive 
and discuss committee and organizational reports including the Highly 
Migratory Species, the Trawl Survey Committee's report on items 
discussed at its meeting held July 7 and 8 in Philadelphia, the 
Executive Committee, Ecosystems Committee, New England Council's report 
regarding possible actions on herring, groundfish, monkfish, red crab, 
scallops, skates and whiting; the South Atlantic Council's report; 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 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

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Debbie Donnangelo at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: July 22, 2004.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E4-1652 Filed 7-26-04; 8:45 am]
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