[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38142-38143]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13893]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE678


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 Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, from 9 a.m. 
to 4 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

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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 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 MAFMC's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning 
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop recommendations for final 
action on 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 AP will consider comments received during public 
hearings and will develop recommendations to the Council's Ecosystem 
and Ocean Planning Committee and to the full Council for final action 
on the amendment. An EOP Committee meeting on the same topic will be 
held on July 7, 2016. The Council plans to take final action on the 
amendment at their meeting in Virginia Beach on August 8-11, 2016. More 
information on the EOP AP meeting, 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. 2016-13893 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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