[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 213 (Thursday, November 3, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76564-76565]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26518]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE996


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 (MAFMC) will 
convene a public peer review panel meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 18, 2016, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton BWI 
Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum Heights, MD 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 will convene a peer review panel 
consisting of members of the MAFMC's Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) and other outside experts, to review a summer flounder 
allocation model project. The MAFMC contracted the development of this 
project to inform consideration of potential changes to the allocation 
of annual catch and landings limits between the commercial and 
recreational sectors of the summer flounder fishery. This analysis aims 
to determine which allocations would maximize benefits to the 
commercial and recreational sectors. The results of this project and 
peer review are scheduled to be presented to the MAFMC in December 
2016.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

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.

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Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting 
date.

    Dated: October 28, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-26518 Filed 11-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P