[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 52315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-21321]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC200


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Friday, September 14, 2012 
beginning at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone 
connection option. Details on webinar registration and the connection 
details are available at: http://www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North 
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 North State 
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331, 
extension 255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this webinar is to consider 
whether it is appropriate to recommend any changes to NMFS for the 2012 
butterfish acceptable biological catch (ABC) and also whether the catch 
cap of butterfish for the longfin squid fishery should be altered to be 
a discard cap on the longfin squid fishery. This meeting would 
constitute ``Meeting 1'' of the 2-meeting framework adjustment process 
for ``Framework 7 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish 
Fishery Management Plan.'' The second framework meeting would be at the 
October 2012 Council Meeting, which will be noticed separately. The 
meeting will be available via webinar via this link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/602201185. Additional information about 
accessing the webinar on September 14 is available on the Council's Web 
site at www.mafmc.org. A public listening station to allow public 
access to the webinar will also be available at the Council offices 
located 800 N. State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901.

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 24, 2012.
William D. Chappell,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-21321 Filed 8-28-12; 8:45 am]
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