[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47470-47471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23735]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 090297B]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 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 
Executive and Information and Education Committees will hold a public 
meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on September 23-25, 1997. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and times.


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ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held at the Radisson Hotel 
Philadelphia Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 
610-521-5900.
     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David R. Keifer, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, September 23, 1997, the 
Information and Education Committee will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 
a.m.; the Council will meet from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. jointly with 
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Board and the Executive Committee will meet from 
4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. On Wednesday, September 24, 1997, the Council 
will meet from 8:00 a.m. until noon jointly with the Atlantic States 
Marine Fisheries Commission Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Board; the full Council will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and 
there will be a scoping meeting for the Dogfish Fishery Management Plan 
beginning at 7:00 p.m. On Thursday, September 25, 1997, the full 
Council will begin meeting at 8:00 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 
approximately noon.
    The purpose of these meetings is to review the Council's 
information and education program; to adopt recommended recreeational 
harvest limits, commercial quotas, and other commercial fishery 
management measures for 1998 for summer flounder, scup, and black sea 
bass; to review and possibly revise the Council's surfclam quota 
recommendation for 1998; adopt the Council's budget request for 1998; 
possibly adopt a Council policy for adopting quota recommendations; 
possibly adopt interim management measures for the monkfish fishery; 
hold a scoping meeting for the dogfish fishery management plan; and 
other fishery management matters.
    The above agenda items may not be taken in the order in which they 
appear and are subject to change as necessary; other items may be 
added. This meeting may also be closed at any time to discuss 
employment or other internal administrative matters.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
this Council for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action 
will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in the 
agenda listed in this notice.
    Special Accommodations
    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Joanna Davis at the Council (see 
ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: September 3, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-23735 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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