[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 60824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25826]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG632


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 Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) of the Mid-Atlantic 
Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, December 17, beginning at 9 
a.m. and conclude by 4:30 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Northeast Fisheries Science 
Center (NEFSC) office located on 28 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 
02882 and available via webinar (http://www.mafmc.org/ntap).
    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 purpose of this meeting is to: (1) 
Review results of the Nov. 19th Working Group meeting, (2) update on 
the status of the flume tank experiments, (3) update on evaluation of 
effect of wingspread on assessment results, (4) update on results of 
the 2018 fall survey, (5) update on the project to collect and evaluate 
fishery ecological knowledge of Gulf of Maine flatfish distribution 
shifts and their impacts on the availability to fishery independent 
surveys and (6) discuss other business and next steps for the NTAP.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-
Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days prior to the 
meeting date.

    Dated: November 21, 2018.
Rey Israel Marquez,
 Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-25826 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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