80 FR 63201 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 201 (October 19, 2015)

Page Range		63201-63201
FR Document		2015-26473

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

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 201 (Monday, October 19, 2015)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE254


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); 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 (MAFMC's) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a 
public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 from 1 p.m. 
to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Providence Biltmore, Curio 
Collection by Hilton, 11 Dorrance Street, Providence, RI 02903; 
telephone: (401) 421-0700.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
Web site: 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring 
Committee will meet from Monday, November 9 through Tuesday, November 
10 (see DATES and ADDRESSES). Topics to be addressed include:
    (1) Monitoring Committee recommendations for recreational 
management measures for the summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 
fisheries for the 2016 fishing year;
    (2) Possible discussion of Monitoring Committee review of 
commercial management measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea 
bass fisheries, depending on progress made prior to meeting.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the 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: October 14, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Dated: October 14, 2015. A detailed agenda and background Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) has
Tracey L. Thompson, documents will be made available on the responsibility for the conservation
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org) and management of marine fishery
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. prior to the meeting. resources. Much of this responsibility
[FR Doc. 2015–26472 Filed 10–16–15; 8:45 am] has been delegated to the National
Special Accommodations
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Oceanic and Atmospheric
These meetings are physically Administration (NOAA)/National
accessible to people with disabilities. Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Requests for sign language Under this stewardship role, the
interpretation or other auxiliary aid Secretary was given certain regulatory
National Oceanic and Atmospheric should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, authorities to ensure the most beneficial
Administration (302) 526–5251, at least 5 days prior to uses of these resources. One of the
RIN 0648–XE254 the meeting date. regulatory steps taken to carry out the
Dated: October 14, 2015. conservation and management
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Tracey L. Thompson, objectives is to collect data from users
Council (MAFMC); Meeting Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable of the resource. Thus, as regional
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. Fishery Management Councils develop
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries specific Fishery Management Plans
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and [FR Doc. 2015–26473 Filed 10–16–15; 8:45 am]
(FMP), the Secretary has promulgated
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
rules for the issuance and use of a vessel
Commerce. Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
ACTION: Notice; public meeting. system, a Vessel Monitoring System
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(VMS) and vessel logbooks (VTR) to
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
National Oceanic and Atmospheric obtain fishery-dependent data to
Management Council’s (MAFMC’s)
Administration monitor, evaluate, and enforce fishery
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
regulations.
Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a Proposed Information Collection;
public meeting. Fishing vessels permitted to
Comment Request; Greater Atlantic participate in Federally-permitted
DATES: The meeting will be held on Region Logbook Family of Forms
Monday, November 9, 2015 from 1 p.m. fisheries in the Northeast are required to
to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 10, AGENCY: National Oceanic and submit logbooks containing catch and
2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), effort information about their fishing
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda Commerce. trips. Participants in the herring, tilefish
details. ACTION: Notice. and red crab fisheries are also required
to make weekly reports on their catch
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
SUMMARY: The Department of through IVR. In addition, vessels fishing
the Providence Biltmore, Curio
Commerce, as part of its continuing under a days-at sea (DAS) management
Collection by Hilton, 11 Dorrance Street,
effort to reduce paperwork and system can use the IVR system to
Providence, RI 02903; telephone: (401)
respondent burden, invites the general request a DAS credit when they have
421–0700.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery public and other Federal agencies to canceled a trip for unforeseen
Management Council, 800 N. State take this opportunity to comment on circumstances. The information
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; proposed and/or continuing information submitted is needed for the management
telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site: collections, as required by the of the fisheries.
www.mafmc.org. Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
II. Method of Collection
DATES: Written comments must be
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
submitted on or before December 18, Most information is submitted on
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 2015. paper forms, although some vessels are
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments utilizing an electronic vessel trip
Management Council; telephone: (302)
to Jennifer Jessup, Departmental reporting system (EVTR). The IVR
526–5255.
Paperwork Clearance Officer, system is used by vessel owners to
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- provide supplemental information
Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Department of Commerce, Room 6616,
14th and Constitution Avenue NW., related to specific activities such as
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea harvesting research set-aside quota
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet Washington, DC 20230 (or via the
Internet at JJessup@doc.gov). species, conducting exempted fishing
from Monday, November 9 through activities, or declaring a block of days
Tuesday, November 10 (see DATES and FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
out of the fishery. In the herring and
ADDRESSES). Topics to be addressed Requests for additional information or
tilefish fisheries vessel owners or
include: copies of the information collection
operators must provide weekly catch
(1) Monitoring Committee instrument and instructions should be
information to an IVR system. In the NE
recommendations for recreational directed to James St.Cyr, (978) 281–9369
Multispecies fishery, vessel owners or
management measures for the summer or James.StCyr@noaa.gov.
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

operators must declare catch and
flounder, scup, and black sea bass SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: discards of groundfish species of
fisheries for the 2016 fishing year; concern through VMS for all trips.
(2) Possible discussion of Monitoring I. Abstract
Committee review of commercial This request is for an extension of a III. Data
management measures for summer currently approved information
flounder, scup, and black sea bass collection. OMB Control Number: 0648–0212.
fisheries, depending on progress made Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Form Number: NOAA Forms 88–30
prior to meeting. Conservation and Management Act, the and 88–40.

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice; public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		80 FR 63201
RIN Number		0648-XE25

80 FR 63201 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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