[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17532-17533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-08343]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG177


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) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2018, from 10 a.m. 
through 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 
p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Admiral Fell Inn, 888 
South Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21321; telephone: (410) 522-7380.
    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 purpose of this meeting is to make 
multi-year ABC recommendations for Atlantic Mackerel based on the 
results of the recently completed benchmark stock assessment. A review 
the most recent survey and fishery data and the currently implemented 
2019 ABC for Butterfish, Illex, Longfin Squid, Surfclam and Ocean 
Quahog will also be conducted. The SSC will also receive and discuss 
the results of an SSC subcommittee review of the Northeast Fisheries 
Science Center clam dredge survey redesign. In addition, other topics 
the SSC may discuss include an update on the Marine Recreational 
Information Program (MRIP) Fishing Effort Survey transition and any 
other business as necessary.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language

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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: April 17, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-08343 Filed 4-19-18; 8:45 am]
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