[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54739-54740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-22446]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA675


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public 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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) and the Spiny 
Dogfish Monitoring Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council (Council) will hold meetings.

DATES: The SSC will meet Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at 1 p.m. until 
5 p.m. and Thursday, September 22 from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Spiny 
Dogfish Monitoring Committee will meet Thursday, September 22, 2011 
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Admiral Fell Inn, 888 South 
Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231 telephone: (410) 522-7377.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore PhD, Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The primary purpose of the SSC meeting

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includes ABC recommendations for spiny dogfish; special session for 
social/economics issues; review MAFMC five-year research plan progress 
report on Management Strategy Evaluation study; and Ecosystem 
Subcommittee report and discuss development of Programmatic 
Environmental Assessment for future ecosystem based fishery management 
activities by the Mid-Atlantic Council. The purpose of the Spiny 
Dogfish Monitoring Committee will be to discuss quota recommendations 
and associated management measures for spiny dogfish for fishing years 
2012-2015.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: August 29, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-22446 Filed 9-1-11; 8:45 am]
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