[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 118 (Monday, June 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29476-29477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14571]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XP87


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) will hold 
a public meeting on July 14, 2009. The MAFMC's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a public meeting on July 15-16, 
2009. The MAFMC's Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish 
Monitoring Committee's (MC) will hold a meeting on July 17, 2009.

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DATES: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (MAFMC 
Meeting); Wednesday and Thursday, July 15-16, 2009, from 8 a.m. to 5 
p.m. (SSC Meeting); Friday, July 17, 2009, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (MC 
Meetings)

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Philadelphia Airport, 
4509 Island Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19153; telephone: (215) 365-4150.
    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: On July 14, the MAFMC will be meeting to 
discuss annual catch limits (ACLs) and accountability measures (AMs). 
Specifically, to determine how ACLs and AMs could be developed and 
applied to the MAFMC managed stocks. On July 15, the SSC will meet to 
discuss scientific uncertainty and the development of control rules for 
acceptable biological catch (ABC), as well as the issues relating to 
the development of a MAFMC risk policy. On July 16, the SSC will meet 
for a second day to review stock status and specify overfishing level 
and ABC for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and bluefish for 
2010, and review and comment on proposed 2010 quota specifications and 
management measures for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and 
bluefish. On July 17, the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and 
Bluefish Monitoring Committee's will be meeting to recommend the 2010 
commercial management measures, commercial quotas, and recreational 
harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. The 
Bluefish Monitoring Committee will meet to recommend commercial 
management measures, recreational management measures, and a commercial 
quota for bluefish for 2010.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. 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 Fishery Conservation and 
Management 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: June 17, 2009.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E9-14571 Filed 6-19-09; 8:45 am]
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