[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 11192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04667]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE476


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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's (MAFMC) 
Collaborative Research Committee will hold a closed meeting to review 
and make recommendations on collaborative research project proposals.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 23, 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 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

    The MAFMC's Collaborative Research Committee will hold a closed 
meeting to review and make recommendations on collaborative research 
project proposals. In December 2015, the Council published a Request 
for Proposals (RFP) for collaborative research projects that address 
seven research priorities. During the meeting, the Collaborative 
Research Committee will review and make funding recommendations on the 
proposals that were submitted in response to the RFP.

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.

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

     Dated: February 29, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04667 Filed 3-2-16; 8:45 am]
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