[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70017-70018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28021]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC996


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), its 
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Committee, and its Executive Committee 
will hold public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, December 9, 2013 through 
Thursday, December 12, 2013. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for specific 
dates and times.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Westin Annapolis, 100 
Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, telephone: (410) 972-4300.
    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, December 9, 2013

    3 p.m. until 5 p.m.--The HMS Committee will meet.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

    9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--The Executive Committee will meet in a 
CLOSED SESSION.
    9:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.--The Executive Committee will meet.
    1 p.m.--The Council will convene.
    1 p.m. until 1:10 p.m.--A photo of the Council will be taken.
    1:10 p.m. until 2 p.m.--Framework 9 to the Mackerel, Squid, and 
Butterfish (MSB) Fishery Management Plan (FMP) will be discussed.
    2 p.m. until 3 p.m.--There will be a River Herring and Shad 
Approach discussion.
    3 p.m. until 4 p.m.--A Data Portal Presentation will occur.
    4 p.m. until 5 p.m.--A Surfclam Presentation will occur.

Wednesday, December 11, 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 Board.
    9 a.m. until 5 p.m.--The Council will finalize summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass recreational management measures for 2014 in 
conjunction with the ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Board.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

    9 a.m. until 9:30 a.m.--Spiny Dogfish Trip Limits will be 
discussed.
    9:30 a.m. until 10 a.m.--A Stakeholder Survey on Ecosystem-based 
Fisheries Management Presentation will occur.
    10 a.m. until 1 p.m.--The Council will hold its regular Business 
Session to 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, December 9--The HMS Committee will develop Council 
comments on Draft Amendment 7 (bluefin tuna management measures) for 
submission to NMFS.
    On Tuesday, December 10--The Executive Committee will meet in a 
closed session to review the recommendations for the Ricks E Savage 
Award. The Executive Committee will meet to review the Draft 
Implementation Plan and public comments, and approve the 2014 
Implementation Plan for Council consideration.
    The Council will convene at 1 p.m. There will be a Council photo 
session. The Council will discuss Framework 9 to the MSB FMP to review 
and approve options to address unobserved slippage on observed trips. 
The Council will review and adopt plan to move forward with the river 
herring and shad strategy implementing the motion made at the October 
2013 meeting. The Council will receive a Data Portal Presentation to 
review project goals, methods and illustrative draft maps of Mid-
Atlantic fishing activity summarized by port and gear groups and 
provide advice to project team on best approaches and opportunities for 
engaging fishermen to review, discuss and improve project data and 
maps. The Council will receive a report of the National Science 
Foundation Coupled Natural and Human Systems Surfclam Study: Climate 
change and responses in a coupled marine system and an update on the 
Science Center for Marine Fisheries (SceMFiS).
    On Wednesday, December 11--The Council in conjunction with the 
ASMFC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board will review the 
associated Monitoring Committee's and Advisory Panel's specification 
recommendations for 2014 and adopt 2014 recreational management 
measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass.
    On Thursday, December 12--The Council will review options for spiny 
dogfish trip limits in federal waters for the 2014-15 fishing years. 
The Council will receive a presentation on the Stakeholder Survey on 
Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management. The Council will

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hold its regular Business Session to receive Organizational Reports to 
include an update on forms and process for data collection for the 
surfclam and ocean quahog fisheries, South Atlantic and New England 
Liaison Reports, the Executive Director's Report, Science Report, 
Committee Reports, and conduct any continuing and/or new business.

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: November 19, 2013.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-28021 Filed 11-21-13; 8:45 am]
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