80 FR 60129 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 192 (October 5, 2015)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 192 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 60129]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25239]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE226


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) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 22, 2015, from 2 
p.m. until 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only 
connection option. Details on webinar registration and telephone-only 
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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) will meet jointly with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass AP. The purpose of this meeting is to solicit 
advisor input on specific commercial management measures for summer 
flounder, scup, and black sea bass. These include, but are not limited 
to, the commercial minimum fish size, trawl mesh size requirements, 
seasonal possession limits triggering the minimum mesh size 
requirements (i.e., incidental possession limits), other possession 
limits, other gear requirements, and exemption programs for all three 
species. The Council and the ASMFC will consider the input from the AP 
in December when reviewing recommendations on commercial measures from 
the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring and Technical 
Committees.

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: September 30, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-25239 Filed 10-2-15; 8:45 am]
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