[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 160 (Thursday, August 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55181-55182]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-19712]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE814


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

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) Spiny 
Dogfish Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to review recent fishery 
performance and develop a Fishery Performance Report and/or other 
recommendations in preparation for the Council's review of 
specifications at the October 2016 Council meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Tuesday, September 6, 2016, from 2:30 
p.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, but anyone can also 
attend at the Council office address (see below). The webinar link is: 
http://

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mafmc.adobeconnect.com/dogfishap2016/. Please call the Council at least 
24 hours in advance if you wish to attend at the Council office.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org also has details on the 
proposed agenda, webinar access, and briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to create a 
Fishery Performance Report by the Council's Spiny Dogfish Advisory 
Panel. The intent of the report is to facilitate structured input from 
the Advisory Panel members into the specifications process. Spiny 
dogfish specifications were recently announced for the 2016-18 fishing 
years, but the Council and its Scientific and Statistical Committee 
(SSC) review the performance of multi-year specifications each year.

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: August 15, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-19712 Filed 8-17-16; 8:45 am]
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