[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 44888]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18458]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV039


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 (MAFMC's) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee (MC) will hold 
a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 16, 2019, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesday, September 17, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 
p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place Inner Harbor, 
511 South Central Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21202; telephone: (410) 558-
1840.
    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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet to review the previously 
implemented 2020 commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits 
(ACLs), Annual Catch Targets (ACTs), and landings limits for summer 
flounder, and to recommend new 2020-2021 ACLs, ACTs, and landings 
limits for scup and black sea bass. The Monitoring Committee will also 
review the commercial management measures for all three species and may 
recommend changes for 2020 and beyond if necessary. For scup, the 
Monitoring Committee will review and provide feedback on an evaluation 
of commercial discards. Finally, the Monitoring Committee will begin to 
plan for the development of recreational measures for 2020 in 
preparation for their recreational measures meeting later this fall. 
Meeting materials will be posted to http://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 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: August 22, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-18458 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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