[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 27237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12255]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF477


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's (MAFMC) Atlantic 
Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Atlantic Bluefish 
Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES:
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held via webinar with a 
telephone-only connection option. Details on the proposed agenda, 
webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will be posted at the 
MAFMC's Web site: www.mafmc.org.
    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 purpose of this meeting is for the 
Advisory Panels to create a fishery performance report (FPR). The 
intent of this report is to facilitate a venue for structured input 
from the Advisory Panels for the Atlantic Bluefish specifications 
process. The FPR will be used by the MAFMC's Scientific and Statistical 
Committee (SSC) and the Atlantic Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC), 
when reviewing (at future meetings in July), and if necessary revising, 
the current measures designed to achieve the recommended Atlantic 
Bluefish catch and landings limits for 2018. In addition, the MAFMC and 
ASMFC will consider input from the Advisory Panels in August when 
reviewing these specifications.
    Although other non-emergency issues not on the agenda may come 
before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject 
of formal action during this meeting. Actions will be restricted to 
those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising 
after publication of this notice that require emergency action under 
Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's 
intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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: June 8, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-12255 Filed 6-13-17; 8:45 am]
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