[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]
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