[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 10683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-04864]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG082


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 (Council) 
Demersal Committee will hold a public meeting via webinar.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. 
to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar may be 
accessed at http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb2018fw/. The audio 
portion of the webinar may also be accessed via phone by dialing 1-800-
832-0736 and entering room number 5068871.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
website: 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Demersal Committee will meet jointly with a subset of the 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Management Board. The purpose of the meeting is to 
discuss draft management alternatives for an action which will consider 
adding the following management options to the Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan: (1) Conservation 
equivalency for the recreational black sea bass fishery, (2) Transit 
provisions for Block Island Sound for recreational fisheries for all 
three species, and (3) Slot limits for recreational fisheries for all 
three species. The two groups will also discuss the possibility of 
evaluating and modifying recreational management measures based on the 
annual catch limit, rather than the recreational harvest limit.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be posted to the 
Council's website (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: March 7, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-04864 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am]
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