[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 182 (Thursday, September 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 52892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20597]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID: 0648-XB441]


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 Tuesday, October 12, 
2021, beginning at 4 p.m. and concluding by 6 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 a Council-hosted eVTR training 
workshop 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) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: September 20, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-20597 Filed 9-22-21; 8:45 am]
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