[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 148 (Monday, August 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 41229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20635]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 072498I]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 and its Executive 
Committee and Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee will 
hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Monday, August 17, 1998, to 
Thursday, August 20, 1998. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn Independence 
Mall, 4th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA, telephone: 215-923-8660.
     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 Monday, August 17, the Council will meet 
from 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. On Tuesday, August 18, the Council will 
meet from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. On Wednesday, August 19, the 
Executive Committee will meet from 8:00-9:00 a.m., the Council will 
meet from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and the Squid, Mackerel, and 
Butterfish Monitoring Committee will meet from 5:00-6:00 p.m. On 
Thursday, August 20, the Council will meet from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 
p.m. In the event Council business will not be concluded by 5:00 p.m. 
on Thursday, Council may continue meeting for several hours on Friday 
morning, August 21, 1998.
    Agenda items for this meeting are: Election of Chairman and Vice 
Chairman; review and hearing adoption of Dogfish Fishery Management 
Plan; Stock Assessment Workshop; adoption of commercial and 
recreational management measures for bluefish for 1999; possible 
discussion of Amendment 1 to the Bluefish Fishery Management Plan 
(FMP): adoption of commercial quota, recreational harvest limit, and 
commercial management measures for black sea bass, summer flounder, and 
scup for 1999; review and hearing adoption of Amendment 12 to the 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP, Amendment 12 to the 
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog FMP, and Amendment 8 to the Atlantic 
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP; adoption of the 1999 quota and 
commercial management measures for surfclams and ocean quahogs; 
possible review and comment on whiting, New England groundfish, 
herring, lobster and scallop management measures; discussion of 
management measures and possible adoption of the Monkfish FMP for 
Secretarial submission; adoption of the 1999 quotas and commercial 
management measures for Atlantic mackerel, Loligo and Illex squid, and 
butterfish; possible adoption of the Consistency Amendment for 
submission to the Secretary; and committee reports and other fishery 
management 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

    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: July 28, 1998.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-20635 Filed 7-31-98; 8:45 am]
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