[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70017-70018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28021]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC996
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
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Committee, and its Executive Committee
will hold public meetings.
DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, December 9, 2013 through
Thursday, December 12, 2013. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific
dates and times.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Westin Annapolis, 100
Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, telephone: (410) 972-4300.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., 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; telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Monday, December 9, 2013
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The HMS Committee will meet.
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Executive Committee will meet in a
CLOSED SESSION.
9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
1 p.m.--The Council will convene.
1 p.m. until 1:10 p.m.--A photo of the Council will be taken.
1:10 p.m. until 2 p.m.--Framework 9 to the Mackerel, Squid, and
Butterfish (MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will be discussed.
2 p.m. until 3 p.m.--There will be a River Herring and Shad
Approach discussion.
3 p.m. until 4 p.m.--A Data Portal Presentation will occur.
4 p.m. until 5 p.m.--A Surfclam Presentation will occur.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The Demersal Committee will meet as a Committee of the Whole with
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Board.
9 a.m. until 5 p.m.--The Council will finalize summer flounder,
scup, and black sea bass recreational management measures for 2014 in
conjunction with the ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Board.
Thursday, December 12, 2013
9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--Spiny Dogfish Trip Limits will be
discussed.
9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.--A Stakeholder Survey on Ecosystem-based
Fisheries Management Presentation will occur.
10 a.m. until 1 p.m.--The Council will hold its regular Business
Session to receive Organizational Reports, the South Atlantic and the
New England Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report, the
Science Report, Committee Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or
new business.
Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council
itself are:
On Monday, December 9--The HMS Committee will develop Council
comments on Draft Amendment 7 (bluefin tuna management measures) for
submission to NMFS.
On Tuesday, December 10--The Executive Committee will meet in a
closed session to review the recommendations for the Ricks E Savage
Award. The Executive Committee will meet to review the Draft
Implementation Plan and public comments, and approve the 2014
Implementation Plan for Council consideration.
The Council will convene at 1 p.m. There will be a Council photo
session. The Council will discuss Framework 9 to the MSB FMP to review
and approve options to address unobserved slippage on observed trips.
The Council will review and adopt plan to move forward with the river
herring and shad strategy implementing the motion made at the October
2013 meeting. The Council will receive a Data Portal Presentation to
review project goals, methods and illustrative draft maps of Mid-
Atlantic fishing activity summarized by port and gear groups and
provide advice to project team on best approaches and opportunities for
engaging fishermen to review, discuss and improve project data and
maps. The Council will receive a report of the National Science
Foundation Coupled Natural and Human Systems Surfclam Study: Climate
change and responses in a coupled marine system and an update on the
Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SceMFiS).
On Wednesday, December 11--The Council in conjunction with the
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board will review the
associated Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification
recommendations for 2014 and adopt 2014 recreational management
measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
On Thursday, December 12--The Council will review options for spiny
dogfish trip limits in federal waters for the 2014-15 fishing years.
The Council will receive a presentation on the Stakeholder Survey on
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management. The Council will
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hold its regular Business Session to receive Organizational Reports to
include an update on forms and process for data collection for the
surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries, South Atlantic and New England
Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report, Science Report,
Committee Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or new business.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are 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: November 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-28021 Filed 11-21-13; 8:45 am]
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