[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 25 (Monday, February 8, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 6508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-02293]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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 will hold a public 
meeting of the Scientific Uncertainty Subcommittee of the Scientific 
and Statistical Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, 
beginning at 10 a.m. and conclude by 4 p.m. For agenda details, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will at the DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI 
Airport; 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090.
    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 purpose of the meeting is to conduct a 
peer review of recent analyses conducted by the Northeast Regional 
Stock Assessment Southern Demersal Working Group (SDWG) relative to 
stock delineation in the population dynamics models being developed for 
the northern stock (Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Maine) of black 
sea bass (Centropristis striata). The results of this review will help 
guide the SDWG in the treatment of issues related to specification of 
spatial stock structure in the operating model for this species.

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: February 2, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-02293 Filed 2-5-16; 8:45 am]
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