[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 195 (Friday, October 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24314]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XS14


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2009, from 9 
a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn BWI Airport, 890 
Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090, telephone: (410) 
859-8400.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Room 2115, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. New Street, Room 2115, 
Dover, DE 19904; telephone: (302) 674-2331, extension 19.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is: (1) 
specification of Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) for spiny dogfish 
for the upcoming fishing year(s); (2) review of the Management Strategy 
Evaluation project and research priorities to address scientific 
uncertainty and development of ABC control rules for managed species, 
and (3) to discuss the role of the SSC members relative to stock 
assessment working groups and Stock Assessment Review Committee (SARC) 
Chairmanship.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: October 5, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-24314 Filed 10-8-09; 8:45 am]
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