[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 44866]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18465]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XV043


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 (Council) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) Committee will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 19, 2019, from 
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, September 20, 2019, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 
noon. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 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; 
website: 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 the meeting is for the EOP 
Committee to review and provide feedback on a draft summer flounder 
conceptual model, data availability and draft management questions that 
could be explored with the conceptual model. This process and review is 
part of the Council's Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management 
decision framework in which the Council agreed to pilot the development 
of a summer flounder conceptual model that will consider the high 
priority risk factors affecting summer flounder and its fisheries. In 
addition, the Committee may take up any other business as necessary.
    A detailed agenda and any pertinent background documents will be 
made available on 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: August 22, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-18465 Filed 8-26-19; 8:45 am]
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