[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 127 (Friday, July 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38464-38465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16158]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XX22


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings

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's (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Summer Flounder, 
Scup, Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Monitoring Committees will hold 
public meetings.

DATES: The SSC meeting will be held Wednesday and Thursday, July 28-29, 
2010 and will begin at 9 a.m. on July 28 and at 8:30 a.m. on July 29. 
These meetings will conclude by 5 p.m. each day. The Summer Flounder, 
Scup, Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Monitoring

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Committees will be held on Friday July 30, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: All meetings will be held at the Hilton Baltimore, 401 West 
Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21201; telephone: (410) 573-8700.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, 
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 
201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331, extension 255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The agenda items for SSC meeting include: 
(1) review stock assessment information and specify overfishing level 
and acceptable biological (ABC) for summer flounder, scup, black sea 
bass and bluefish for 2011; (2) review and comment on proposed 2011 
quota specifications and management measures for summer flounder, scup, 
black sea bass and bluefish for 2011; (3) review Management Strategy 
Evaluation study; (4) discuss potential role of Industry Advisors in 
determining of OFL and ABC, especially in data poor situations.
    The topics to be discussed at the Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea 
Bass and Bluefish Monitoring Committees include 2011 annual quota 
recommendations and associated management measures for summer flounder, 
scup, black sea bass and bluefish.
    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 this meeting. 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 Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: June 29, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2010-16158 Filed 7-1-10; 8:45 am]
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