[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 8940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-03303]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD129


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; 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 meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, from 10 
a.m. until 5 p.m. and Thursday, March 13, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. The 
Tilefish Monitoring Committee will meet Wednesday, March 12, 2014 from 
3 p.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at Pier V, 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: Agenda items to be discussed at the SSC 
meeting include: 2015-17 ABC recommendations for tilefish; black sea 
bass research track development, report of SSC Working Group on Black 
Sea Bass Ad Hoc ABC Specifications, interim multi-year ABC 
specification metrics, Management Strategy Evaluation update, Ecosystem 
Approach to Fisheries Management (Climate Workshop Summary), Mid-
Atlantic Council research plan development, update on Magnuson Act 
reauthorization and other business. The primary purpose of the Tilefish 
Monitoring Committee is to recommend management measures designed to 
achieve recommended catch limits for Tilefish.
    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 11, 2014.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2014-03303 Filed 2-13-14; 8:45 am]
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