[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 217 (Wednesday, November 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69706-69707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-29008]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA813


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) Summer 
Flounder Monitoring Committee, Scup Monitoring Committee, Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee, and the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Council's and 
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisors will hold public meetings.

DATES: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Monitoring 
Committees in person) and Thursday, December 8, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 4 
p.m. (Advisors via Webinar). See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for meeting 
agenda.

ADDRESSES: The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring 
Committee meetings will be held at the Doubletree by Hilton BWI 
Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; (telephone: 
(410)-859-8060). The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisors 
meetings will be held via webinar with a telephone-only connection 
option. Details on webinar registration and the telephone-only 
connection details are available at: http://www.mafmc.org.
    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, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, 
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 7, 2011 from 
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (see ADDRESSES) to reconsider the 2012 annual catch 
targets recommendations and other commercial management measures for 
summer flounder and scup, and to recommend recreational management 
measures for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass fisheries in 
2012. On Thursday, December 8, 2011, the Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Advisors will meet to reconsider their recommendations 
for the summer flounder and scup commercial management measures, and to 
recommend recreational management measures for the summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass fisheries in 2012. The Summer Flounder 
Advisors will meet via Webinar from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., the Scup 
Advisors will meet via Webinar from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., and the 
Black Sea Bass Advisors will meet via Webinar from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 
p.m. (see ADDRESSES).

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: November 4, 2011.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-29008 Filed 11-8-11; 8:45 am]
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