[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74765-74766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30291]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE331


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

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

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) 
Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 for the 
Advisory Panel from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will held at the Radisson Hotel Providence 
Airport, 2081 Post Road, Warwick, RI 02886; telephone: (401) 739-3000.
    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 NTAP is a joint advisory panel of the 
Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils. It is 
composed of Council members, fishing industry, academic, and government 
and non-government fisheries experts who will provide advice and 
direction on the conduct of trawl research. The NTAP was established to 
bring commercial fishing, fisheries science, and fishery management 
professionals in the northeastern U.S. together to identify concerns 
about regional research survey performance and data, to identify

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methods to address or mitigate these concerns and to promote mutual 
understanding and acceptance of the results of this work among their 
peers and in the broader community. Topics to be discussed at the 
meeting include: Review trawl survey design, gear, implementation, 
operations, and performance; review survey inputs to stock assessments; 
identify opportunities to complement/supplement trawl survey and 
calibration requirements; and discuss next steps for the NTAP.

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: November 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-30291 Filed 11-27-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P