[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 248 (Thursday, December 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27968]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF930


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 Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) of the Mid-Atlantic 
and New England Fishery Management Councils (Councils) will hold a 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, beginning 
at 9 a.m. and conclude by 4:40 p.m. For agenda details, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The meeting will at the Hilton Garden Inn 
Boston Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston, MA 02128; telephone: (617) 
567-6789.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their website 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 NTAP is a joint advisory panel of the 
Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils composed of 
Council members, fishing industry, academic, and government and non-
government fisheries experts. The NTAP was established to bring 
commercial fishing, fisheries science, and fishery management 
professionals in the northeastern US together to identify concerns 
about regional research survey performance and data, to identify 
methods to address or mitigate these concerns, and to promote mutual 
understanding and acceptance of the results of this work among their 
peers and in the broader community.
    Topics to be discussed at the meeting by the NTAP include: NTAP 
membership; status of the Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) and 
NEFSC commitment to continuing to participate on NTAP; review recent 
gear efficiency work; discuss capability of PISCES to conduct the 
Autumn NEFSC Bottom Trawl Survey; discuss net efficiency work developed 
through NTAP collaborations presented at the TRAC Assessments and the 
Groundfish Operational Assessments; discuss challenges-faced and 
lessons-learned in trying to advance the goals of NTAP; identify 
solutions to improve communications between NTAP and the NEFSC; 
identify how the NEFSC can improve support to NTAP as a body and be 
more responsive to short and long-term needs; identify approaches to 
address or mitigate concerns about regional research survey performance 
and data.

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.

    Dated: December 21, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-27968 Filed 12-27-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P