[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11518-11519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-04858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration


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

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

ACTION: Notice of public hearings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public hearings for the Council's Blueline Tilefish Amendment.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, 
March 30, 2016. The hearings will be held between March 21, 2016 and 
March 29, 2016 as described below.

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent by any of the following 
methods:
     Email to the following address: [email protected]; Include 
``Blueline Tilefish Comments'' in the subject line;
     Mail or hand deliver to Dr. Christopher M. Moore, 
Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, Delaware 19901. Mark the outside of the 
envelope ``Blueline Tilefish Comments''; or
     Fax to (302) 674-5399.
    There will be four hearings with the following dates/times/
locations:
    1. Monday March 21, 2016, 6 p.m. Dare County Administration 
Building, Commissioners Meeting Room, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, 
Manteo, NC 27954; telephone: (252) 475-5700.
    2. Tuesday March 22, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 
3001 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; telephone: (757) 213-3001.
    3. Monday, March 28, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Suites Oceanfront, 3200 
Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842; telephone: (410) 289-6444.
    4. Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 7 p.m. Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood, 1885 
Route 70, Lakewood, NJ 08701; telephone: (732) 262-5232.
    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 Council has initiated an amendment to 
the Golden Tilefish Fishery Management Plan to begin management and 
conservation of blueline tilefish in the Mid-Atlantic. Measures include 
options for establishing a Mid-Atlantic blueline tilefish unit, 
establishing status determination criteria, commercial/for-hire/private 
permitting and reporting, establishment of a monitoring committee, 
framework adjustment procedures, specification process (including risk 
policy), commercial/recreational allocations, commercial/recreational 
trip/possession limits, essential fish habitat designation, and catch 
accountability measures. A public hearing document will be posted to 
the Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org, on or before March 14, 2916. The 
Council will consider the public's comments and testimony at its April 
2016 Council Meeting, when it will take final action regarding adding 
blueline tilefish to the Golden Tilefish Fishery Management Plan.

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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: March 1, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04858 Filed 3-3-16; 8:45 am]
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