[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01217]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE405
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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold a three-day meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday,
February 9-11, 2016 beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016
and ending at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Double Tree by Hilton New Bern,
100 Middle Street, New Bern, NC 28560; telephone: (252) 638-3585.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or
on their Web site at 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:
Agenda
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
The Executive Committee will hold a closed session to discuss
Scientific and Statistical Committee membership and process. The
Collaborative Research Committee will review and discuss preliminary
alternatives for long-term collaborative research. The Council will
convene to consider comments from the Unmanaged Forage Fish Fishery
Management Team, Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel, and
Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee meetings on list of species,
management alternatives, and other aspects of the amendment and review
and approve the public hearing document. A presentation will be offered
to the Council on the Northeast Regional Ocean Council Party/Charter
Electronic Reporting Project.
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
The Council will convene to review the Ecosystem Approach to
Fisheries Management Interactions White Paper and discuss the first
draft of the Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management Guidance
Document. The Fisheries Dependent Data Project will be presented. Ricks
E Savage Award will be presented. The Law Enforcement reports will be
presented by NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Council will review the Advisory Panel input for Scup Gear
Restricted Areas (Framework Meeting 2), review analysis of the impacts,
and select the final alternative. The Council will select preferred
alternatives for the Omnibus Industry Funded Monitoring Amendment for
standard cost responsibilities, framework provisions for Industry
Funded Monitoring Programs, service provider requirements, a
prioritization process to allocate federal funding, and monitoring set-
asides.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Council will receive an update on implementation activities for
the Marine Recreational Information Program. The Naming of the Deep Sea
Coral Protection Areas will be discussed. The day will conclude with
brief reports from the National Marine Fisheries Service's GARFO and
the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA's Office of General
Counsel, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the
New England and South Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the
Regional Planning Body Report. The Council will also receive the
Council's Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, and a
Committee Report for the Collaborative Research Committee, and discuss
any continuing and/or new business.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council 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 act,
provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to
take final action to address the emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: January 15, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-01217 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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