[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 45232]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19045]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN: 0648-XA604


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its 
Visioning Committee and its Executive Committee will hold public 
meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, August 16 through Thursday, 
August 18, 2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and 
times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Sheraton Suites, 422 
Delaware Ave., Wilmington, DE 19801; telephone: (302) 654-8300.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901-3910; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
674-2331 ext. 255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On Tuesday, August 16, the Visioning 
Committee will meet from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be a Public 
Listening Session from 5 until 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday, August 17, the 
Executive Committee will meet from 8 until 9 a.m. The Council will 
convene at 9 a.m. Swearing in of new and reappointed Council members 
and election of Council Officers will be from 9 until 9:15 a.m. From 
9:15 a.m. until 4 p.m., the Council will finalize scup, black sea bass, 
summer flounder, and bluefish management measures for 2012 in 
conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Boards. 
From 4 until 5 p.m., Research Set Aside priorities will be discussed 
for 2013. On Thursday August 18, the Council will convene at 8:30 a.m. 
From 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., the Council will conduct its regular 
Business Session, receive Council Liaison Reports, Monkfish Amendment 6 
Overview, Organizational Reports, Executive Director's Report, Science 
Report, Committee Reports, and any continuing and/or new business.
    Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council 
itself are: On Tuesday, August 16, the Visioning Committee will discuss 
an overview of the Visioning project and the expected outcomes, an 
update on the Communications and Data Gathering Plans, data gathering 
logistics, maximizing stakeholder participation, review of survey 
instrument, and discuss any focus group topic areas. There will be a 
Public Listening Session where the Council invites the public to engage 
Council leadership and NMFS representatives in a Q & A roundtable 
session. Those in attendance will be able to ask questions or comment 
on any issue related to Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management including 
annual specifications, ecosystem management, bycatch reduction, catch 
shares, etc. On Wednesday, August 17, the Executive Committee will meet 
to receive an update on SSC Ecosystems Sub-Committee activities. New 
and reappointed Council members will be sworn into office and there 
will be an election of Council Officers. The Council in conjunction 
with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Boards will review the 
Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC) and the associated 
Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification 
recommendations for 2012 and adopt 2012 commercial and recreational 
harvest levels and commercial management measures for the summer 
flounder, scup, black sea bass and bluefish fisheries. Research Set-
Aside Priorities will be discussed for 2013. The Council will hold its 
regular Business Session to approve the June 2011 minutes and address 
any outstanding actions from the June 2011 meeting, receive Liaison 
Reports, receive an overview of Amendment 6 to the Monkfish FMP and 
Council recommendations to the Monkfish O/S Committee, Organizational 
Reports to include the SAW/SARC 52 report, the Executive Director's 
Report, the Science Report, Committee Reports, and any continuing and/
or new business.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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: July 22, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-19045 Filed 7-27-11; 8:45 am]
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