[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52450-52451]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE136


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, September 
16-17, 2015, from 9 a.m. on September 16 and conclude by 2 p.m. on 
September 17. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

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ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton 
Annapolis, 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, MD 21401; telephone: (410) 
224-3150.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their Web site at www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda items to be discussed at the SSC 
meeting include: Review fishery performance reports and recommend 
multi-year ABC specifications for spiny dogfish; receive report of peer 
review of data limited methods applied to black sea bass for potential 
changes to current and future ABC specifications; discuss research 
prioritization and five-year research plan; discuss outcomes from the 
Fifth National SSC Workshop; receive update on sex-specific research 
and population modeling for summer flounder; and review and discussion 
on how the SSC applies coefficient of variation levels to overfishing 
limit specifications.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is 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: August 26, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-21445 Filed 8-28-15; 8:45 am]
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