[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 23203-23204] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2017-10329] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF440 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and [[Page 23204]] Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council and its Committees. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 6 through Thursday, June 8, 2017. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Hilton Norfolk The Main, 100 East Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510; telephone: (757) 763-6200. 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: The following items are on the agenda, though agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be noted on the Council's Web site when possible). Agenda Tuesday, June 6, 2017 SARC Presentation--Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Assessments Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Specifications Develop recommendations for 2018--2020 specifications. Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Excessive Shares Amendment Approve scoping document. Lobster Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Framework Discuss alternatives. Risk Policy Framework--First Meeting Review and approve options for potential revision to current MAFMC Risk Policy and ABC Control Rules. Climate Velocity Over the 21st Century and Its Implications for Fisheries Management in the Northeast U.S Review climate-velocity-driven species distribution projections for 2020 through 2100 and identify potential propriety species for adaptation of fisheries management to climate change. Cooperative Research in the Mid-Atlantic Review of NEFSC Cooperative Research and response to MAFMC request and the Mid-Atlantic Council approach to collaborative research. Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole--Specifications Review fishery performance and make recommendations for 2018-20 specifications, including butterfish cap. Shad/River Herring (RH/S) Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole Review RH/S cap operation and RH/S progress update and make recommendations for RH/S cap amount modification if necessary. Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the Whole--Squid Amendment Review alternatives, public comments, and staff recommendations and select preferred alternatives and adopt amendment. Law Enforcement Reports NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard. Data Modernization in the Northeast Region Habitat Update EFH review progress and Mid-Atlantic fish habitat assessment project. Thursday, June 8, 2017 Business Session The day will conclude with the SSC Committee Report, the Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, brief reports from the National Marine Fisheries Service's GARFO and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA's Office of General Counsel, the ASMFC, the New England and South Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the Regional Planning Body Report, and discuss any continuing and/or new business. Special Accommodations These meetings are 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: May 17, 2017. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2017-10329 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P