[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30702-30703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2697]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052305B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meetings

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

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) and its 
Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee; its Tilefish Committee; 
its Ecosystems Committee; and, its Executive Committee will hold public 
meetings.

DATES:  The meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2005, through

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Thursday, June 16, 2005. For specific dates, times, and agendas, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: This meeting will be at the Wyndham Hotel, 
700 King Street, Wilmington, DE 19801; telephone: 302-655-0400.
    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, June 14, 2005, from 10 a.m. to 
1 p.m.; the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee will 
meet to review the Monitoring Committee's recommendations for 2006 
quota levels and associated management measures, and develop 
recommendations for 2006 quota specifications and associated management 
measures for Council consideration and action. The Tilefish Committee 
and its advisors will meet from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., to review and discuss 
comments received during the scoping process, review and discuss 
Amendment 1 options paper, and select management measures for inclusion 
in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) in support of 
Amendment 1. On Wednesday, June 15, the Council will convene from 8:30 
a.m. to 10:30 a.m., to review the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and 
Butterfish Committee's recommendations and develop and adopt 2006 quota 
specifications and associated management measures; from 10:30 a.m. to 
12 noon, the Council will approve the May Council meeting minutes and 
action items from the May Council meeting. The Council will also hear 
organizational and liaison reports, the Executive Director's report, 
and a report on the status of the MAFMC's FMPs. From 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., 
the Council will hold its first meeting for Framework 6 to the Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP to review options regarding sub-
regionalization of state jurisdictions for the recreational fishery and 
utilization of multiple years for data analyses, and review and address 
compatibility with ASMFC's Addendum 17; from 3 p.m. to 3:15 p.m., the 
Council will approve Framework 1 to the Spiny Dogfish FMP for 
submission to the Secretary; and, the Ecosystems Committee will meet 
from 3:15 p.m. to 5 p.m., to review draft background information for 
the public meeting document. On Thursday, June 16, the Executive 
Committee will meet from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., to review the Statement of 
Operating Practices and Procedures (SOPP) for needed changes; the 
Council will meet from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., to develop and adopt 
multi-year quota specifications and associated management measures for 
surfclams and ocean quahogs; and at 11:30 a.m., will hear Committee 
reports, and entertain 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 Kathy Collins (302-674-2331) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 24, 2005.
Emily Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-2697 Filed 5-26-05; 8:45 am]
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