[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35626]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9703]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 061506B]


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's (Council) Summer 
Flounder Monitoring Committee, Scup Monitoring Committee, Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee, and Bluefish Monitoring Committee will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, July 18, 2006, beginning 
at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Renaissance Philadelphia 
Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA 19113; telephone: (610) 
521-5900.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, Room 
2115, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 674-2331, 
ext. 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of these meetings is to 
recommend the 2007 commercial management measures, commercial quotas, 
and recreational harvest limits for the summer flounder, scup, and 
black sea bass fisheries. The Bluefish Monitoring Committee will meet 
to recommend commercial management measures, recreational management 
measures, and a commercial quota for the bluefish fishery for 2007.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during the meetings. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues 
arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action 
under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: June 16, 2006.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E6-9703 Filed 6-20-06; 8:45 am]
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