[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 52508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20599]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC827


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's (Council) 
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to 
develop recommendations for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder 
accountability measures.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 9, 2013 at 10 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn, One 
Thurber Street, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 734-9600.
    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: Due to declining stock status, Georges Bank 
yellowtail flounder catch is likely to be severely restricted in coming 
years. The small-mesh whiting and squid fisheries have bycatch of 
Georges Bank yellowtail flounder that will likely need to be mitigated 
as part of a variety of fishing restrictions. The Whiting Advisory 
Panel is meeting at the same time and the two advisory panels will meet 
jointly since the small-mesh measures are likely to affect both the 
whiting and squid fisheries. The goal of the meeting is to develop 
recommendations for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder accountability 
measures to be considered as alternatives in Multispecies Framework 
Adjustment 51 and/or a future action in the Mackerel, Squid, and 
Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. Accountability measures can either 
be proactive, which prevent annual catch limit overages or reactive, 
which pay back past overages and/or prevent future overages.
    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 this meeting. 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 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 20, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-20599 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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