[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051398E]


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 
Comprehensive Management Committee; Committee Chairmen; Information and 
Education Committee; Habitat Committee; Executive Committee; and Squid, 
Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, June 2, 1998, to Thursday, 
June 4, 1998. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and 
times.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel, 
Bicentennial Park, New Bern, NC; telephone: 919-638-3585.
     Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. 
New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Moore, Ph.D., Acting 
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 
302-674-2331, ext. 16.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, June 2, the Comprehensive 
Management Committee will meet from 8:00-10:00 a.m. The Committee 
Chairmen will meet from 10:00-11:00 a.m. The Information and Education 
Committee will meet from 11:00 a.m. until noon. The Habitat Committee, 
together with the Dogfish Committee, Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 
Committee, Squid, Mackerel and Butterfish Committee, Habitat Advisors, 
and Scientific and Statistical Committee, will meet from 1:00-5:00 p.m. 
On Wednesday, June 3, the Executive Committee will meet from 7:00-9:00 
a.m. Council will meet from 9:00-11:00 a.m. The Atlantic Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish Committee will meet as a Council Committee of the 
Whole from 11:00 until noon. Council will meet from 1:00-2:00 p.m. to 
review the Whiting Fishery Management Plan. Council will meet from 
2:00-5:00 p.m., together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission (ASMFC) Board, to review Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery 
Management Plan. On Thursday, June 4, Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. 
until 5:00 p.m.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Distribution and abundance and 
EFH identification and recommendations on dogfish, surfclams, ocean 
quahogs, and squid, mackerel, butterfish; Review and adoption of NMFS 
recommendations on bluefish EFH; Review and hearing adoption of NMFS 
consistency amendment for consistency in Northeast vessel permits 
(replacement and upgrade); Adoption of mackerel limited entry 
provisions for pubic hearing document; Review and comment on whiting, 
winter flounder, herring and scallop management measures; Review and 
adoption of Amendment 1 to the Bluefish FMP for public hearing; Review 
and adoption of Dogfish FMP for public hearing; Review and adoption of 
Monkfish FMP; Review comprehensive management matrix; Review Council 
newsletter, view Council websight; hear committee reports and other 
fishery management matters.
    Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before 
these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson- Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act, those issues may not be the 
subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted 
to those issues specifically identified in the agenda listed in this 
notice.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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: May 14, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-13370 Filed 5-19-98; 8:45 am]
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