[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 49002]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-22901]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF753


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC's) 
Demersal Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2017, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Thursday, November 9, 2017, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court 
Baltimore, 550 Light St., Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (410) 234-
0550.
    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 Demersal Committee will meet to further 
refine management options for the commercial summer flounder fishery 
under the Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment. The focus of the 
meeting will be on reviewing and refining draft commercial allocation 
alternatives. The agenda may also include discussions of federal 
commercial permit requalification options, draft revised Fishery 
Management Plan (FMP) goals and objectives for summer flounder, and 
options for FMP framework provisions that could be used to address 
landings flexibility policies in future actions. Meeting materials will 
be posted to http://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. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.

    Dated: October 18, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-22901 Filed 10-20-17; 8:45 am]
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