80 FR 68859 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 215 (November 6, 2015)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) River Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee will hold a public meeting to review recent developments in RH/S conservation and to consider potential RH/S activities for 2016.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 215 (Friday, November 6, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68859-68860]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE305


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) River 
Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee will hold a public meeting to review 
recent developments in RH/S conservation and to consider potential RH/S 
activities for 2016.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 23, 2015, from 1 
p.m. to 4 p.m. 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 River Herring and Shad 
Committee will meet Monday, November 23, 2015 at 1 p.m. to review

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recent developments in RH/S conservation and consider potential RH/S 
activities for 2016. Specific topics may include, but would not be 
limited to: The NMFS River Herring Technical Expert Working Group 
(TEWG), voluntary RH/S bycatch reduction programs, RH/S catch data, 
lawsuits, river herring genetics studies, and studies on environmental 
drivers of river herring distribution. The Committee will also consider 
what 2016 actions may be appropriate to recommend to the Council, 
including the planned revisit of the RH/S Stock in the Fishery 
question, as well as whether new information suggests a revisit of 
potential time/area hotspot closures may be appropriate. Contact Jason 
Didden at (302) 526-5254 if you have questions about using a webinar to 
participate in a meeting.

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: November 3, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-28332 Filed 11-5-15; 8:45 am]
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