[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 1 (Monday, January 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 82]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-33045]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE378


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

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, January 22, 2016, from 9:30 
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton 
Baltimore-BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland, 
21090; telephone: (410) 859-8400.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
Web site: www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAFMC's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 
Committee will meet to discuss the Council's Unmanaged Forage Omnibus 
Amendment. The Committee will develop recommendations for the full 
Council to consider at their February 2016 meeting. This amendment will 
prohibit the development of new, or expansion of existing, directed 
fisheries on unmanaged forage species in Mid-Atlantic Federal waters 
until adequate scientific information is available to promote ecosystem 
sustainability. The Committee will consider advice from the Unmanaged 
Forage Fishery Management Action Team and recommendations from the 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel before developing 
recommendations for a draft list of unmanaged forage species to include 
in the amendment. The Committee will also discuss and may develop 
recommendations for a draft range of alternatives for analysis, a draft 
purpose and need statement as required by the National Environmental 
Policy Act, and other aspects of the amendment. A detailed agenda will 
be posted to www.mamfc.org.

Special Accommodations

    The 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: December 29, 2015.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-33045 Filed 12-31-15; 8:45 am]
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