[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 61 (Friday, March 31, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16027]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06375]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF314


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

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold two training workshops for its for-hire advisory panel members and 
other for-hire operators for purposes of providing instruction on 
electronic reporting of for-hire Vessel Trip Reports (VTRs).

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2017 and Thursday 
April 27, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshops will be held: Tuesday, April 25, at the Hilton 
Mystic Hotel 20 Coogan Blvd., Mystic CT 06355; phone: (860) 572-0731. 
Thursday, April 27, at the Doubletree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI Airport, 
890 Elkridge Landing Rd., Linthicum Heights, MD 21090; phone: (410) 
859-8400. Participation is limited to 30 individuals in each workshop 
due to space limitations. To ensure attendance, please register at 
http://www.mafmc.org/forms/evtr-workshop-registration or email the 
workshop coordinator at [email protected].
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Loftus, eVTR Outreach Workshop 
Coordinator; telephone: (410) 295-5997; email: [email protected] 
or 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 and briefing 
materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council has submitted a Regulatory 
Omnibus Framework Adjustment to NMFS requiring that for-hire vessels 
submit VTRs electronically starting 6 months following publication of 
the final rule in the Federal Register for all Council-managed 
fisheries that require for-hire VTR reporting. This action would change 
the method of transmitting VTRs--the required data elements would not 
change. VTRs would be required to be completed before arriving at the 
dock, and electronic reports would have to be submitted within 48 hours 
after docking. These workshops will provide training for the Council's 
for-hire advisory panel members and the public in preparation for this 
action.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: March 28, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-06375 Filed 3-30-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P