[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25240]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE227


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) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a 
public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 27, 2015, from 10 
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Wednesday, October 28, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 
p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott 
Baltimore BWI Airport, 1671 West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; 
telephone: (410) 859-8855.
    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: The MAFMC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 
Sea Bass Monitoring Committee, with the Atlantic States Marine 
Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Technical Committee, will hold a workshop to review methods, datasets, 
and considerations for recommending and evaluating recreational 
management measures for these three species. The meeting will focus on 
specific technical methods for calculating adjustments to bag limits, 
size limits, and seasonal limits, as well as current and potential 
supporting recreational datasets, tools, and models. The objective of 
the meeting is for the Committees to identify potential improvements to 
the current processes and methods for recommending and evaluating 
recreational measures. A detailed agenda will be posted at 
www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    The 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: September 30, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-25240 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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