[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 144 (Friday, July 26, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36082-36083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15900]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV005


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 Surfclam and 
Ocean Quahog Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, from 9 
a.m. until 12 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Embassy Suites 
Philadelphia-Airport, 9000 Bartram Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19153; 
telephone: (215) 365-4500.
    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 (Councils) Surfclam and Ocean Quahog AP will meet to review 
and provide comments on the Fishery Management Action Team's 
recommendations to address potential actions from the Catch Share 
Program review conducted by Northern Economic, Inc. The input from the 
AP on this topic will be presented to the Council's Executive Committee 
at the October 2019 Council meeting, when the Council discusses its 
2020 Implementation Plan.
    In addition, at this meeting, the AP will also review and provide 
input on the public hearing comments from the Excessive Shares 
Amendment. The Council will collect public comments on the Atlantic 
Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Excessive Shares Amendment during 4 public 
hearings to be held during a 45-day Public comment period from August 1 
to September 14, 2019 (84 FR 31032). The input from the AP on this 
topic will be presented to the Council at its December 2019 Council 
meeting, when the Council discusses the final action/approval of the 
Excessive Shares Amendment. An

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agenda and background documents will be posted at 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.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 23, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-15900 Filed 7-25-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P