[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 42 (Friday, March 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12814-12815]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN0648-XB056


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 
Tilefish Monitoring Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council (Council) will hold meetings.

DATES: The SSC will meet Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 10 a.m. until 5 
p.m. and Thursday, March 22, 2012 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. The Tilefish 
Monitoring Committee will meet Wednesday, March 21, 2012 from 3 p.m. 
until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Pier V Hotel, 711 Eastern 
Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (410) 539-2000.
    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 primary purpose of the SSC meeting 
includes: 2012-14 ABC

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recommendations for tilefish; development of criteria for 
prioritization of the MAFMC five-year research plan; discussion of the 
peer review of the Management Strategy Evaluation Study of the ABC 
Control Rules; development of criteria for establishing multi-year ABC 
recommendations; and development of technical advice for MAFMC's 
Ecosystem Based Fishery Management Guidance Document. The purpose of 
the Tilefish Monitoring Committee is to recommend management measures 
designed to achieve recommended catch limits.
    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during these meetings. Action will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are 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: February 28, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-5119 Filed 3-1-12; 8:45 am]
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