[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 38141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13892]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE677


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 (Council) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday July 7, 2016, from 9 a.m. 
to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the BWI Airport Marriott, 1743 
West Nursery Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410) 859-8300. A 
webinar connection will also be available. Information on how to 
connect via webinar will be posted to www.mafmc.org.
    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 
(EOP) Committee will meet to discuss the Council's Unmanaged Forage 
Omnibus Amendment. This amendment will prohibit the development of new 
and expansion of existing directed commercial fisheries on unmanaged 
forage species in Mid-Atlantic Federal waters until the Council has had 
an adequate opportunity to both assess the scientific information 
relating to any new or expanded directed fisheries and consider 
potential impacts to existing fisheries, fishing communities, and the 
marine ecosystem. At this meeting, the EOP Committee will consider 
comments received during public hearings on the amendment, as well as 
recommendations from the EOP Advisory Panel. The EOP Committee will 
develop recommendations to the full Council for final action on the 
amendment. The Council plans to take final action on this amendment at 
their meeting in Virginia Beach on August 8-11, 2016. More information 
on the EOP Committee meeting, and the August Council meeting, including 
agendas and background materials, will be posted to www.mafmc.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: June 8, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-13892 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P