80 FR 19075 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 68 (April 9, 2015)

Page Range		19075-19075
FR Document		2015-08173

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) River Herring and Shad (RH/S) Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop recommendations for the 2016-18 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel fishery and provide general input on RH/S conservation.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD892


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Fisheries of the 
Northeastern United States; 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) River 
Herring and Shad (RH/S) Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop 
recommendations for the 2016-18 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel 
fishery and provide general input on RH/S conservation.

DATES: The meeting will be Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, but anyone can also 
attend at the Council office address (see below). The webinar link is: 
http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/2015rhsap/. Please call the Council at 
least 24 hours in advance if you wish to attend at the Council office.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org will also have details 
on webinar access and any background materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council's River Herring and Shad (RH/S) 
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to develop recommendations for the 2016-
18 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel fishery and provide general input 
on RH/S conservation. There will also be time for public questions and 
comments. The Council will utilize the input from the RH/S AP at the 
June 2015 Council meeting when setting the 2016-18 RH/S Cap on the 
Atlantic mackerel fishery and discussing RH/S conservation.

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: April 6, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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information is important for DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
understanding the nature of the fishery days prior to the meeting date.
and provides a link to participants. It National Oceanic and Atmospheric Dated: April 6, 2015.
also aids in the enforcement of Fishery Administration
Tracey L. Thompson,
Ecosystem Plan measures. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
RIN 0648–XD892
II. Method of Collection Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management [FR Doc. 2015–08173 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am]
Information is submitted to NMFS, in Council (MAFMC); Fisheries of the BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
the form of paper permit application Northeastern United States; Public
forms. Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
III. Data AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
OMB Number: 0648–0463. Administration
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Form Number: None. Commerce.
Proposed Information Collection;
Type of Review: Regular submission ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
Comment Request; Permitting, Vessel
(extension of a current information
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Identification, and Reporting
collection).
Management Council’s (Council) River Requirements for the Pelagic Squid Jig
Affected Public: Business or other for- Herring and Shad (RH/S) Advisory Fishery in the Western Pacific Region
profit organizations; individuals or Panel (AP) will meet to develop
households. AGENCY: National Oceanic and
recommendations for the 2016–18 RH/S Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Estimated Number of Respondents: Cap on the Atlantic mackerel fishery Commerce.
12. and provide general input on RH/S
ACTION: Notice.
Estimated Time per Response: 2 hours conservation.
per special permit application, 10 DATES: The meeting will be Friday, SUMMARY: The Department of
minutes per transshipment permit. April 24, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. Commerce, as part of its continuing
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held effort to reduce paperwork and
Estimated Total Annual Burden
via webinar, but anyone can also attend respondent burden, invites the general
Hours: 31. public and other Federal agencies to
at the Council office address (see
Estimated Total Annual Cost to take this opportunity to comment on
below). The webinar link is: http://
Public: $100 in recordkeeping/reporting proposed and/or continuing information
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/2015rhsap/.
costs. Please call the Council at least 24 hours collections, as required by the
in advance if you wish to attend at the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
IV. Request for Comments
Council office. DATES: Written comments must be
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery submitted on or before June 8, 2015.
the proposed collection of information Management Council, 800 N. State St., ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments
is necessary for the proper performance Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental
of the functions of the agency, including (302) 674–2331. Paperwork Clearance Officer,
whether the information shall have FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,
agency’s estimate of the burden Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
(including hours and cost) of the Management Council; telephone: (302) Internet at JJessup@doc.gov).
proposed collection of information; (c) 526–5255. The Council’s Web site, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and www.mafmc.org will also have details Requests for additional information or
clarity of the information to be on webinar access and any background copies of the information collection
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the materials. instrument and instructions should be
burden of the collection of information SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The directed to Walter Ikehara, (808) 725–
on respondents, including through the Council’s River Herring and Shad (RH/ 5175 or Walter.Ikehara@noaa.gov.
use of automated collection techniques S) Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
or other forms of information develop recommendations for the 2016–
I. Abstract
technology. 18 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic mackerel
fishery and provide general input on This request is for extension of a
Comments submitted in response to currently approved information
RH/S conservation. There will also be
this notice will be summarized and/or collection.
time for public questions and
included in the request for OMB Federal regulations at Title 50, Part
comments. The Council will utilize the
approval of this information collection; input from the RH/S AP at the June 665, of the Code of Federal Regulations
they also will become a matter of public 2015 Council meeting when setting the require that owners of vessels fishing
record. 2016–18 RH/S Cap on the Atlantic for, or landing, pelagic squid in the
Dated: April 3, 2015. mackerel fishery and discussing RH/S western Pacific region obtain a permit
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Sarah Brabson, conservation. from NOAA Fisheries Service (NMFS).
In addition, the regulations require
NOAA PRA Clearance Officer. Special Accommodations vessel operators to report fishing
[FR Doc. 2015–08094 Filed 4–8–15; 8:45 am]
The meeting is physically accessible activity and harvest on daily logbooks
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P to people with disabilities. Requests for and mark their vessels for identification.
sign language interpretation or other The information collected is used to
auxiliary aid should be directed to M. identify participants in the fishery,

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Collection		Federal Register
sudoc Class		AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106:
Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be Friday, April 24, 2015 at 10:30 a.m.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org will also have details on webinar access and any background materials.
FR Citation		80 FR 19075
RIN Number		0648-XD89

80 FR 19075 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 68 (April 9, 2015)

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