[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 184 (Thursday, September 22, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58782-58783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24355]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA721


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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its 
Research Set-Aside (RSA) Committee, its Squid, Mackerel, Butterfish 
(SMB) Committee, its Executive Committee, and its Spiny Dogfish 
Committee will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, October 11 through Thursday, 
October 13, 2011. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific dates and 
times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Dolce Seaview, 401 South 
New York Road, Galloway, NJ 08205; telephone: (609) 652-1800.
    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, October 11, the RSA Committee 
will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. The SMB Committee will meet 
from 10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. There will be a Public Listening Session 
from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. On Wednesday,

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October 12, the Executive Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 
a.m. The Council will convene at 9:30 a.m. Swearing in of the new 
Council member will be from 9:30 a.m. until 9:45 a.m. From 9:45 a.m. 
until 11 a.m., SMB Amendment 14 DEIS Alternatives will be discussed. 
From 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., the Council will receive a Standardized 
Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Report. Amendment 17 to the Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will 
be discussed from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. From 3 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., 
Spiny Dogfish Specifications will be approved as a Committee of the 
Whole. From 4:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m., there will be a Scoping 
Presentation on Consolidation of the Highly Migratory Species (HMS) 
FMP. On Thursday, October 13, the Council will convene at 8:30 a.m. The 
RSA Program Review Report will be heard from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. 
From 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m., the Council will conduct its regular 
Business Session, receive Organizational Reports, Council Liaison 
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, October 11, the RSA Committee will review the 
staff evaluation of the RSA Program and recommend changes to the RSA 
Program to address scientific and administrative issues. The SMB 
Committee will review Amendment 14 analyses and develop recommendations 
for preferred alternatives. On Wednesday, October 12, the Executive 
Committee will meet in a closed session to discuss the Ricks E Savage 
Award followed by the Council convening to swear in the new Council 
member. The Council will approve the SMB Amendment 14 document for 
public hearings. Dr. Paul Rago of NMFS will provide the Council with a 
report of the 3-year SBRM review. The Council will review draft 
alternatives of Amendment 17 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 
Sea Bass FMP to address spatial/regional management of the recreational 
black sea bass fishery. The Spiny Dogfish Committee will meet as a 
Committee of the Whole to review the SSC and the Spiny Dogfish 
Monitoring Committee recommendations for 2012 and adopt the 
recommendations for 2012 management measures. There will be a NMFS 
Scoping Presentation on the Consolidated HMS FMP. On Thursday, October 
13, the Council will convene to discuss and adopt recommended changes 
to the RSA Program. The Council will hold its regular Business Session 
to approve the August 2011 minutes and address any outstanding actions 
from the August 2011 meeting, Organizational Reports, Liaison Reports, 
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: September 19, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-24355 Filed 9-21-11; 8:45 am]
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