Meetings: Atlantic Fishery Management Council,

[Federal Register: November 19, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 223)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 111098A]

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the New England Fishery Management Council will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Wednesday, December 2, 1998, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, December 3, 1998, from 8:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at the Radisson Hotel Philadelphia Airport, 500 Stevens Drive, Philadelphia, PA; telephone: 610-521-5900. Council addresses: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904. New England Fishery Management Council, 5 Broadway, Saugus, MA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Acting Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 16. or Paul Howard, Executive Director, New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: 781-231-0422.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this meeting is to review public hearing comments on the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan and develop recommendations for possible modifications to the management alternatives for consideration by the New England and Mid- Atlantic Councils.

Although other issues not contained in this agenda may come before the Committee 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 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 Mid-Atlantic Council (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

Dated: November 13, 1998. Bruce C. Morehead, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98-30902Filed11-18-98; 8:45 am]

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