[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 207 (Monday, October 27, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 63902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25370]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD576


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

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a 
public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Technical Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, from 
12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., on Thursday, November 13, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 
p.m., and on Friday, November 14, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting topics.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton BWI 
Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: 
(410)-859-8060.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
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 N. State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring 
Committee, together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's Technical Committee, will meet from Wednesday, November 12 
through Friday, November 14 (see DATES and ADDRESSES). Topics to be 
addressed include:
    1. Review of updates to a statistical model for recommending 
recreational management measures;
    2. Monitoring Committee recommendations for recreational management 
measures for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries 
for the 2015 fishing year;
    3. Technical Committee review of fishery independent indices for 
black sea bass.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

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: October 21, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-25370 Filed 10-24-14; 8:45 am]
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