[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 3783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-01217]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE405


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

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a three-day meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 
February 9-11, 2016 beginning at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 
and ending at 1 p.m. on Thursday, February 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at Double Tree by Hilton New Bern, 
100 Middle Street, New Bern, NC 28560; telephone: (252) 638-3585.
    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

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

    The Executive Committee will hold a closed session to discuss 
Scientific and Statistical Committee membership and process. The 
Collaborative Research Committee will review and discuss preliminary 
alternatives for long-term collaborative research. The Council will 
convene to consider comments from the Unmanaged Forage Fish Fishery 
Management Team, Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel, and 
Ecosystems and Ocean Planning Committee meetings on list of species, 
management alternatives, and other aspects of the amendment and review 
and approve the public hearing document. A presentation will be offered 
to the Council on the Northeast Regional Ocean Council Party/Charter 
Electronic Reporting Project.

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

    The Council will convene to review the Ecosystem Approach to 
Fisheries Management Interactions White Paper and discuss the first 
draft of the Ecosystems Approach to Fisheries Management Guidance 
Document. The Fisheries Dependent Data Project will be presented. Ricks 
E Savage Award will be presented. The Law Enforcement reports will be 
presented by NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard. 
The Council will review the Advisory Panel input for Scup Gear 
Restricted Areas (Framework Meeting 2), review analysis of the impacts, 
and select the final alternative. The Council will select preferred 
alternatives for the Omnibus Industry Funded Monitoring Amendment for 
standard cost responsibilities, framework provisions for Industry 
Funded Monitoring Programs, service provider requirements, a 
prioritization process to allocate federal funding, and monitoring set-
asides.

Thursday, February 11, 2016

    The Council will receive an update on implementation activities for 
the Marine Recreational Information Program. The Naming of the Deep Sea 
Coral Protection Areas will be discussed. The day will conclude with 
brief reports from the National Marine Fisheries Service's GARFO and 
the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA's Office of General 
Counsel, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC), the 
New England and South Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the 
Regional Planning Body Report. The Council will also receive the 
Council's Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, and a 
Committee Report for the Collaborative Research Committee, and discuss 
any continuing and/or new business.
    Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda 
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council 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 act, 
provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: January 15, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-01217 Filed 1-21-16; 8:45 am]
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