[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 111 (Friday, June 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26656-26657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-12306]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG281


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, 
jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 26, 2018, from 10 a.m. 
until 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn BWI 
Airport, 1516 Aero Dr., Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410) 691-0500.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
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 (MAFMC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory 
Panel will meet jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
Advisory Panel. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss recent 
performance of the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass commercial 
and recreational fisheries and develop Fishery Performance Reports. 
These reports will be considered by the Scientific and Statistical 
Committee, the Monitoring Committee, and the MAFMC and ASMFC when 
setting 2019 fishery specifications (i.e., catch and landings limits 
and management measures) for summer flounder and black sea bass and 
reviewing previously implemented 2019 specifications for scup. The AP 
will also receive updates on the Summer Flounder Commercial Issues 
Amendment and a framework/addendum which will consider conservation 
equivalency for black sea

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bass, conservation equivalency rollover for summer flounder, Block 
Island Sound transit provisions, and slot limits in the recreational 
fisheries for all three species.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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 4, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-12306 Filed 6-7-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P