[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 215 (Tuesday, November 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 66586]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27022]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC327


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Joint Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's and the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, from 9 
a.m. to 12 noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only 
connection option. Details on webinar registration and the telephone-
only connection details are available at: http://www.mafmc.org.

ADDRESSES: Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 
800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 
674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., 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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Advisory Panel will discuss potential options for the designation 
of Delaware artificial reef sites as Special Management Zones (SMZs) 
under provisions of Amendment 9 to the Summer Flounder, Scup and Black 
Sea Bass FMP. Based on input from its industry advisory panel, the 
Council will be developing SMZ designation alternatives at its December 
2012 meeting to take out to public hearings in early 2013.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group 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: November 1, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-27022 Filed 11-5-12; 8:45 am]
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