[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 107 (Monday, June 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 32307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8674]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 053106B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public 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 
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; its Squid, 
Mackerel, Butterfish Committee with Advisors; the Joint Dogfish 
Committee; its Law Enforcement Committee; its Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, 
Tilefish Committee with Advisors; and, its Executive Committee will 
hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, June 20, 2006 through 
Thursday, June 22, 2006. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for the meeting 
agenda.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at The Doubletree Hotel, 700 N. 
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, 
extension 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

    From 9 a.m. until 12 noon, the MSA Committee will meet, to review 
side-by-side analyses of the MSA Reauthorization Bills and develop 
Council comments for Congressional feedback.
    From 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., the Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish Committee 
will meet with its Advisors to review the Monitoring Committee's 
recommendations for 2007 quota levels and associated management 
measures and to develop 2007 quota specifications and associated 
management measures for Council consideration and action.
    From 4 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., the Joint Dogfish Committee will meet 
to review preliminary data updates for spiny dogfish and review NMFS 
final rule for the 2006-08 fishing years.

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

    From 8 a.m. until 8:30 a.m., the Law Enforcement Committee will 
meet to review the Council's Fisheries Achievement Award (FAA) process.
    From 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., the Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Tilefish 
Committee with Advisors will meet to discuss the Tilefish Advisory 
Panel appointment process and to review staff recommendations for the 
2007 quota specifications and associated management measures for 
surfclams and ocean quahogs.
    From 10:30 a.m. until noon, the Council will convene to approve its 
May 2006 Council meeting minutes, approve actions from the May Council 
meeting, and receive various reports provided to the Council during its 
regular business session.
    From 1 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., the Council will review the Surfclam 
and Ocean Quahog Committee's recommendations for the 2007 quota 
specifications and associated management measures, and develop and 
adopt quota specifications and associated management measures for year 
three (2007) of the three year multi-year specification program.
    From 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., the Council will review the Squid, 
Mackerel, Butterfish Committee's recommendations for the 2007 quota 
specifications and associated management measures, and develop and 
adopt quota specifications and associated management measures for 2007.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

    From 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., the Executive Committee will meet to 
review outcomes from the May Council Chairmen and Executive Directors 
meeting with officials of the NMFS and discuss permitting in the 
recreational fishery.
    At 9:30 a.m., the Council will convene to receive a presentation by 
the U.S. Coast Guard on Rescue 21, receive Committee reports, and 
address any continuing or new business.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before the Council and its Committees for discussion, these issues may 
not be the subject of formal Council or Committee action during these 
meetings. Council and Committee 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

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at (302) 674-2331 extension 18, 
at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: May 31, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries Service, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-8674 Filed 6-2-06; 8:45 am]
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