[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 166 (Tuesday, August 31, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 48669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID: 0648-XB374]


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 will hold a 
webinar workshop to demonstrate electronic vessel trip reporting (eVTR) 
through an approved software application in preparation for required 
commercial electronic reporting.

DATES: The workshop will be held via webinar on Wednesday, September 
15, 2021, beginning at 5 p.m. and concluding by 7 p.m. For details, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This workshop will be held via webinar and connection and 
agenda information will be posted at the MAFMC's website: https://www.mafmc.org/council-events.
    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: This is the first of several Council-hosted 
eVTR training workshops open to the public and targeted towards 
commercial operators. Beginning on November 10, 2021, all commercial 
vessels with federal permits for species managed by the Mid-Atlantic or 
New England Council will be required to submit vessel trip reports 
(VTRs) electronically as eVTRs within 48 hours of the end of a trip 
(unless required sooner as with some sector allocations). This action 
does not change any other existing requirements associated with VTRs. 
These changes were recommended by the MAFMC and NEFMC in order to 
increase the timeliness and availability of data submitted through 
VTRs, reduce the reporting burden on commercial vessel operators, and 
increase the accuracy and quality of data. The training workshop will 
review step by step instructions for filling out an eVTR using an 
approved software application.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office, (302) 526-5253, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 25, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18692 Filed 8-30-21; 8:45 am]
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