[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40031-40032]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-17299]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV020


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 Thursday August 29, 2019, from 10 
a.m. until 3:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton 
Baltimore--BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; 
telephone: (410) 859-8400.
    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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will 
meet jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission'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, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, and 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission when setting or reviewing 
catch and landings limits and management measures for summer flounder, 
scup, and black sea bass for upcoming years. Advisors will also receive 
an update on the 2019 operational stock assessments for black sea bass 
and scup. Other topics addressed during the August meetings

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of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Atlantic States 
Marine Fisheries Commission may also be discussed.

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.

    Dated: August 8, 2019.
Diane M. DeJames-Daly,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-17299 Filed 8-12-19; 8:45 am]
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