[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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