[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23203-23204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF440


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

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

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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 and its Committees.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 6 through Thursday, 
June 8, 2017. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Hilton Norfolk The Main, 100 
East Main Street, Norfolk, VA 23510; telephone: (757) 763-6200.
    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

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

SARC Presentation--Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Assessments
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Specifications
    Develop recommendations for 2018--2020 specifications.
Surfclam/Ocean Quahog Excessive Shares Amendment
    Approve scoping document.
Lobster Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Framework
    Discuss alternatives.
Risk Policy Framework--First Meeting
    Review and approve options for potential revision to current MAFMC 
Risk Policy and ABC Control Rules.
Climate Velocity Over the 21st Century and Its Implications for 
Fisheries Management in the Northeast U.S
    Review climate-velocity-driven species distribution projections for 
2020 through 2100 and identify potential propriety species for 
adaptation of fisheries management to climate change.
Cooperative Research in the Mid-Atlantic
    Review of NEFSC Cooperative Research and response to MAFMC request 
and the Mid-Atlantic Council approach to collaborative research.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the 
Whole--Specifications
    Review fishery performance and make recommendations for 2018-20 
specifications, including butterfish cap.
Shad/River Herring (RH/S) Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the 
Whole
    Review RH/S cap operation and RH/S progress update and make 
recommendations for RH/S cap amount modification if necessary.
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Committee, Meeting as a Committee of the 
Whole--Squid Amendment
    Review alternatives, public comments, and staff recommendations and 
select preferred alternatives and adopt amendment.
Law Enforcement Reports
    NOAA Office of Law Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Data Modernization in the Northeast Region
Habitat Update
    EFH review progress and Mid-Atlantic fish habitat assessment 
project.

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Business Session
    The day will conclude with the SSC Committee Report, the Executive 
Director's Report, the Science Report, brief reports from the National 
Marine Fisheries Service's GARFO and the Northeast Fisheries Science 
Center, NOAA's Office of General Counsel, the ASMFC, the New England 
and South Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the Regional Planning 
Body Report, and discuss any continuing and/or new business.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: May 17, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-10329 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
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