[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68129-68130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25962]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111804B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

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 (Council) and its 
Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) Reauthorization Committee; its Ecosystem 
Committee; and, its Executive Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 through

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Thursday, December 9, 2004. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be at the Holiday Inn Select, Interstate 
95 and Naamans Road, Claymont (North Wilmington), DE 19703; telephone 
302-792-2700.
    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:

Tuesday, December 7, 2004

    1 p.m. to 3 p.m., the MSA Reauthorization Committee will meet.
    3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Ecosystem Committee will meet.

Wednesday, December 8, 2004

    8:30-9:30 a.m.,the Executive Committee will meet.
    9:30 a.m., the Council will convene.
    9:30-11:45 a.m., the Council will meet jointly with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fishery Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Board (Board) to establish recreational management 
measures of the 2005 summer flounder fishery.
    1 p.m., Council will present its 2004 Fisheries Achievement Award.
    1:15 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Council, jointly with the ASMFC's 
Board, will set recreation management measures for scup and black sea 
bass fisheries for 2005.

Thursday, December 9, 2004

    8:30 a.m., the Council will convene.
    8:45 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., Council will hear a NMFS presentation 
regarding its Sea Turtle Strategy under the Endangered Species Act.
    9:30 a.m. until adjournment, Council will approve the August and 
October Council meeting minutes, hear organizational reports, receive 
status of the Council's Fishery Management Plans, and hear the 
Executive Director's Report. Council will then receive Committee and 
Council liaison reports and address any continuing and/or new business.
    Agenda items for the Council's committees and the Council itself 
are: on December 7, the meeting of the MSA Reauthorization Committee 
will review Bills proposed during the 108th Congress, discuss U.S. 
Commission on Ocean Policy Report and its implications on MSA, and 
discuss strengths and weaknesses of current law and how it could be 
reinforced or modified; and, the meeting of the Ecosystem Committee 
will review NMFS' ecosystem survey meeting outcome, and review the 
status of GIS (Geographic Information System) capabilities and 
applications for fishery management. On December 8, the meeting of the 
Executive Committee will discuss the implication of de-coupling Council 
and Commission FMPs, and possible elimination/transfer of authority to 
jointly manage dogfish and monkfish FMPs. The joint meeting with the 
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board will set 
recreational management for the 2005 summer flounder, scup, and black 
sea bass recreational fisheries. For each fishery, the Council and 
Commission will review and discuss the Monitoring Committee's 
recommendations on management measures, and will also review and 
discuss the Advisory Panels' recommendations on management measures. 
Council will present its Fisheries Achievement Award to Sonja Fordham 
of The Ocean Conservancy. On December 9, the Council will convene at 
8:30 a.m. to receive a presentation from NMFS regarding its Sea Turtle 
Strategy under the Endangered Species Act; approve August and October 
Council meeting minutes; hear organizational reports, liaison reports, 
internal staff reports and committee reports; and, act on 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 Debbie Donnangelo (302-674-2331) at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 18, 2004.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 04-25962 Filed 11-22-04; 8:45 am]
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