80 FR 53500 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 172 (September 4, 2015)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting to develop spiny dogfish management recommendations. The Council will also host a public information meeting to gather public perspectives on spiny dogfish management.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 172 (Friday, September 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21993]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE161


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Spiny 
Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting to develop 
spiny dogfish management recommendations. The Council will also host a 
public information meeting to gather public perspectives on spiny 
dogfish management.

DATES: The meetings will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015, from 9:30 
a.m. to 12 p.m. for the Monitoring Committee and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 
(on the same day) for the public information meeting. For agenda 
details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection 
details will be available at: http://www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their Web site at 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 Council's Spiny Dogfish Monitoring 
Committee will meet Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. to develop 
2016-18 spiny dogfish management measure recommendations based on the 
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) recommendations of the Council's 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC). A summary of current 
management is available at: http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/regs/infodocs/spinydogfactsheet.pdf. At 6 p.m. on the same day, Council staff will 
hold a public information meeting to gather public perspectives on 
spiny dogfish management. The results of both meetings will be 
summarized for the Council when it meets in October 2015 to set spiny 
dogfish specifications and associated management measures. Contact 
Jason Didden at 302-526-5254 if you have questions about using a 
webinar to participate in a meeting.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: September 1, 2015.
 Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-21993 Filed 9-3-15; 8:45 am]
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