[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 10216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04327]


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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's (MAFMC) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, March 18, 2016, from 9 a.m. 
to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton 
Baltimore -BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland, 
21090; telephone: (410) 859-8400.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
Web site: 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 Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 
Committee will meet to discuss the Council's Unmanaged Forage Omnibus 
Amendment. This amendment will prohibit the development of new, or 
expansion of existing, directed fisheries on unmanaged forage species 
in Mid-Atlantic Federal waters until adequate scientific information is 
available to promote ecosystem sustainability. The Committee will 
develop recommendations for the full Council to consider at their April 
2016 meeting. The Committee will consider advice from the Unmanaged 
Forage Fishery Management Action Team and recommendations from the 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel before developing 
recommendations related to management alternatives and other aspects of 
the amendment. A detailed agenda and any relevant background documents 
will be posted to the Council's Web site prior to the meeting: 
www.mamfc.org.

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: February 24, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04327 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P