[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 205 (Monday, October 24, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 73061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25642]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE981


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's) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public 
meeting via Webinar, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on 
Monday, November 14, 2016, to view the agenda, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place via Webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. The Webinar can be accessed, at http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/scup_quota_ap/. To access via telephone, dial 1-
800-832-0736 and use room number 5068871.
    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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel, together with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's Advisory Panel, will meet on 
Monday, November 14, 2016, via Webinar (see DATES and ADDRESSES). The 
purpose of this meeting is to discuss potential changes to the dates of 
the three commercial quota periods for the Scup fishery. The three 
quota periods are each allocated a different percentage of the annual 
commercial quota and different possession limits are in effect during 
each period. The Council is considering initiating a framework 
adjustment, or other management action, to modify the dates of these 
quota periods, based on past requests from Advisory Panel members. 
During this meeting, advisors will review a preliminary analysis of the 
potential impacts of modifying the quota period dates, will review 
recommendations from the Monitoring Committee, and will have an 
opportunity to provide the Council with additional input on a potential 
management action to modify these dates.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's Web site, at www.mafmc,org, prior to the meeting.

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 business days prior to the meeting.

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

    Dated: October 19 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-25642 Filed 10-21-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P