[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57620-57621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22773]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC877


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) and its 
Executive Committee, and its Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee 
(MSB) will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, October 7, 2013 through 
Thursday, October 10, 2013. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Courtyard Philadelphia 
Downtown, 21 N. Juniper St., Philadelphia, PA 19107-1901, telephone: 
(215) 496-3200.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., 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; telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Monday, October 7, 2013

    10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
    1:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The MSB Committee will meet.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

    9 a.m.--The Council will convene.
    9 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.--Dogfish Specifications will be discussed.
    10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.--Framework 8 to the Monkfish Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) will be discussed.
    11:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.--A Bluefin Tuna Presentation will occur.
    1 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.--MSB issues will be discussed.
    3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.--The SAW/SARC 57 Summary will be 
presented.
    4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.--An Update on the Atlantic Wind Connection 
Project will be discussed.
    5 p.m. until 6 p.m.--The Listening Session will be held.

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

    The Demersal Committee will meet as a Committee of the Whole with 
the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Boards.

    9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.--The Council will finalize summer flounder, 
scup, black sea bass, and bluefish management measures for 2014-15 
(2014 for Bluefish) in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, 
and Bluefish Boards. The ASMFC will provide an update on activities 
regarding summer flounder.
    4:30 p.m. until 5 p.m.--Research Set-Aside Research Priorities will 
be discussed.

Thursday, October 10, 2013

    9 a.m. until 10 a.m.--Final Rule for National Standard 2 Guidelines 
Presentation will be discussed.
    10 a.m. until 1 p.m.--The Council will hold its regular Business 
Session to approve the June 2013 and August 2013 minutes, receive 
Organizational Reports, the South Atlantic and the New England Liaison 
Reports, the Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, Committee 
Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or new business.
    Agenda items by day for the Council's Committees and the Council 
itself are:
    On Monday, October 7--The Executive Committee will review and 
revise the Implementation Plan. The MSB Committee will develop 
Committee recommendations on river herring and/or shad management 
approach (stock in fishery or other).
    On Tuesday, October 8--The Council will convene at 9 a.m. The 
Council will review the Scientific and Statistical Committee's (SSC), 
the Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification 
recommendations for 2014 and adopt 2014 commercial and recreational 
harvest levels and commercial management measures for Dogfish. The 
Council will review Framework 8 to the Monkfish FMP for the range of 
alternatives; consider approval of alternatives for further analysis; 
measures include the specification of annual catch target; days-at-sea, 
and trip limits for 2014-16, and changes to the Category H Boundary. 
The Council will hear an

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overview of the Bluefin Tuna Amendment 7 proposed rule. The Council 
will review the MSB Committee's recommendations regarding river 
herring/shad management and adopt a management approach for river 
herring/shad. The Council will hear a SAW/SARC 57 Summary Benchmark 
Assessment review of summer flounder and striped bass. The Council will 
receive an update on the Atlantic Wind Connection Project. The Council 
will hold a public Listening Session with a presentation on Ocean 
Acidification.
    On Wednesday, October 9--The Council in conjunction with the 
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Board will 
review the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), the associated 
Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification 
recommendations for 2014-15 (2014 for bluefish) and adopt 2014-15 (2014 
for bluefish) commercial and recreational harvest levels and commercial 
management measures for summer flounder, scup, black sea bass, and 
bluefish. The ASMFC will approve the 2013 Fishery Management Plan 
Review and the Terms of Reference for the Bluefish stock assessment. 
Research Set-Aside research priorities will be established for 2015 RSA 
RFP.
    On Thursday, October 10--The Council will receive a presentation 
regarding the Final Rule for National Standard 2 Guidelines. The 
Council will hold its regular Business Session to approve the June 2013 
and August 2013 minutes, receive Organizational Reports to include an 
update on forms and process for data collection for the surfclam and 
ocean quahog fisheries and industry-funded observer coverage, South 
Atlantic and New England Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's 
Report, Science Report, Committee Reports, and conduct any continuing 
and/or new business.
    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

    These meetings are 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 16, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-22773 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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