[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58782-58783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24355]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA721
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 (Council), its
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish
(SMB) Committee, its Executive Committee, and its Spiny Dogfish
Committee will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, October 11 through Thursday,
October 13, 2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and
times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Dolce Seaview, 401 South
New York Road, Galloway, NJ 08205; telephone: (609) 652-1800.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910; telephone: 302-674-2331.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302)
674-2331 ext. 255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, October 11, the RSA Committee
will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The SMB Committee will meet
from 10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be a Public Listening Session
from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. On Wednesday,
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October 12, the Executive Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30
a.m. The Council will convene at 9:30 a.m. Swearing in of the new
Council member will be from 9:30 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. From 9:45 a.m.
until 11 a.m., SMB Amendment 14 DEIS Alternatives will be discussed.
From 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., the Council will receive a Standardized
Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Report. Amendment 17 to the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will
be discussed from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. From 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.,
Spiny Dogfish Specifications will be approved as a Committee of the
Whole. From 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., there will be a Scoping
Presentation on Consolidation of the Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
FMP. On Thursday, October 13, the Council will convene at 8:30 a.m. The
RSA Program Review Report will be heard from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.
From 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., the Council will conduct its regular
Business Session, receive Organizational Reports, Council Liaison
Reports, Executive Director's Report, Science Report, Committee
Reports, and any continuing and/or new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are: On Tuesday, October 11, the RSA Committee will review the
staff evaluation of the RSA Program and recommend changes to the RSA
Program to address scientific and administrative issues. The SMB
Committee will review Amendment 14 analyses and develop recommendations
for preferred alternatives. On Wednesday, October 12, the Executive
Committee will meet in a closed session to discuss the Ricks E Savage
Award followed by the Council convening to swear in the new Council
member. The Council will approve the SMB Amendment 14 document for
public hearings. Dr. Paul Rago of NMFS will provide the Council with a
report of the 3-year SBRM review. The Council will review draft
alternatives of Amendment 17 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black
Sea Bass FMP to address spatial/regional management of the recreational
black sea bass fishery. The Spiny Dogfish Committee will meet as a
Committee of the Whole to review the SSC and the Spiny Dogfish
Monitoring Committee recommendations for 2012 and adopt the
recommendations for 2012 management measures. There will be a NMFS
Scoping Presentation on the Consolidated HMS FMP. On Thursday, October
13, the Council will convene to discuss and adopt recommended changes
to the RSA Program. The Council will hold its regular Business Session
to approve the August 2011 minutes and address any outstanding actions
from the August 2011 meeting, Organizational Reports, Liaison Reports,
the Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, Committee Reports,
and any continuing and/or new business.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days prior to
the meeting date.
Dated: September 19, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24355 Filed 9-21-11; 8:45 am]
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