[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 76 (Friday, April 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18737-18738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-08128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF375


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

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

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public meetings of the Council in conjunction with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from 1 p.m. 
until 5:45 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: The Westin Alexandria, 400 
Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314, telephone: (703) 253-8600.
    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 following items are on the agenda, 
though agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be 
noted on the Council's Web site when possible).

Agenda

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

1. Welcome/Call to Order
2. Scup Quota Period Framework (Framework 10 to the Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP)
    Final Action
3. Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment
    Review draft range of alternatives for commercial issues and 
approve range of alternatives for further development and inclusion in 
a public hearing document
4. Review Implementation of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass 
Recreational Measures
5. Black Sea Bass Wave I Fishery
    Review white paper on potential experimental recreational Wave 1 
black sea bass fishery and consider postponed motion to allow 
experimental wave 1 for-hire

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fishery: Motion to allow an experimental 2018 January/February (wave 
1), recreational, federally permitted for-hire fishery for black sea 
bass with a 15 fish per person possession limit, a suspended minimum 
size limit, and a zero discard policy to allow for barotrauma, and a 
mandatory trip reporting requirement.
6. Review Board White Paper on Summer Flounder Recreational 
Specifications
7. Other Business/Adjourn

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: April 18, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-08128 Filed 4-20-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P