[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55112-55113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091405D]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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), its 
Research Set-Aside Committee, its Joint Spiny Dogfish Committee, its 
Ecosystems Committee, its Law Enforcement Committee, its Atlantic 
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, and its Executive Committee will 
hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held from Tuesday, October 4, 2005, through 
Thursday, October 6, 2005. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more 
detailed information regarding the meeting agenda.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Southampton Inn, 91 Hill 
Street, Southampton, NY, telephone 631-283-6500.
    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: Meeting of the Research Set-Aside Committee 
will review, discuss and establish 2007 priorities and project 
selection criteria. The Committee will also review the NMFS grants 
review/approval process. The Joint Dogfish Committee will discuss, 
develop and adopt 2006/2007 quotas and associated management measures. 
The Ecosystems Committee will review comments and feedback on the 
Council's ecosystems scoping document; and, develop and provide 
comments on H.R. 2939. The Law Enforcement Committee will meet to 
review Fisheries Achievement Award nominations. The swearing in of new 
and reappointed Council members and the election of Council Officers 
will take place following lunch. The Council will review the Joint 
Spiny Dogfish Committee's recommendations, develop and adopt quota and 
associated management measures for the 2006/2007 fishing year. NMFS 
will make a presentation on its proposed rule to consolidate its 
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan. An 
Ecosystems Scoping meeting will be held at 7 p.m. The Atlantic 
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee will meet to review Amendment 9, 
receive updates on Amendment 10, and address developing a butterfish 
rebuilding schedule under Framework 5 to the FMP. The Council will 
address Framework 6 and priorities for Amendment 14 to the Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan. The Council 
will also conduct its regular business session to approve minutes and 
receive reports. The Executive Committee will meet to develop and adopt 
its annual work plan for 2006. The Council will then convene to receive 
a NMFS presentation on law enforcement issues, a New England Council 
presentation on Habitat Areas of Particular Concern (HAPCS), and 
address any continuing or new business.

Meeting Agenda

    On Tuesday, October 4, the Research Set-Aside Committee will meet 
from 8 - 10 a.m. Concurrent sessions of the Joint Dogfish Committee and 
the Ecosystems Committee will meet from 10 a.m.-12 noon. The Law 
Enforcement Committee will meet from 1-1:30 p.m. The Council will 
convene at 1:30 p.m. at which time new and reappointed Council members 
will take their oaths of

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office. The election of Council Officers will occur from 1:30-1:45 p.m. 
From 1:45 -4 p.m., the Council will meet to adopt dogfish 
specifications for the 2006/2007 fishing year. From 4 p.m. until 5:30 
p.m., the Council will receive a presentation from NMFS officials 
regarding its proposed rule to consolidate its Atlantic Highly 
Migratory Species FMP. An Ecosystems Scoping meeting will be held from 
7 -8 p.m.
    On Wednesday, October 5, the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish 
Committee will meet from 8-11 a.m. The Council will convene at 11 a.m. 
to address Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass issues and conduct 
its regular business activities.
    On Thursday, October 6, the Executive Committee will meet from 8-9 
a.m. and the Council will convene at 9 a.m. until approximately 1 p.m. 
to receive third party reports and presentations, and address any 
continuing or new 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 M. Jan Saunders at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: September 14, 2005.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E5-5121 Filed 9-19-05; 8:45 am]
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