[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 198 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 52950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24739]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XS31


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny 
Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 29, 2009, from 10 
a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Radisson Airport Hotel 
Providence, 2081 Post Rd, Warwick, RI 02886, telephone: (401) 739-3000.
    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 to review the 
update to the status of the spiny dogfish stock and develop management 
measures for the 2010 fishing year. The Monitoring Committee will take 
into consideration the Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee's 
recommendations for specification of Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) 
for spiny dogfish for the upcoming fishing year(s). Management measures 
that will be discussed may include, but not necessarily be limited to, 
quotas and daily landings limits. Multiple-year management measures for 
fishing years 2011 through 2012 may also be addressed. The Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's Spiny Dogfish Technical Committee 
will also be present and will develop recommendations for management 
measures in state jurisdictional waters.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this 
meeting. Actions 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 Act, provided the public has been notified of the 
Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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 9, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-24739 Filed 10-14-09; 8:45 am]
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