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

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

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FR Document		2015-28332

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.

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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.
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Permit 19559 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE arising after publication of this notice
that require emergency action under
The AMEC Foster Wheel (AMECFW) National Oceanic and Atmospheric section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
is seeking a three-year research permit Administration Act, provided the public has been
to annually take juvenile PS Chinook notified of the Council’s intent to take
RIN 0648–XE303
salmon and PS steelhead in the northern final action to address the emergency.
Puget Sound. The AMECFW research New England Fishery Management
may also take adult S eulachon, for Special Accommodations
Council; Public Meeting
which there are currently no ESA take This meeting is physically accessible
prohibitions. The researchers propose to AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries to people with disabilities. Requests for
use hydroacoustics to map herring Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and sign language interpretation or other
school size and distribution from Point Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), auxiliary aids should be directed to
Whitehorn to Sandy Point (Whatcom Commerce. Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at
County; WA). They would then use ACTION: Notice; public meeting. (978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to
lampara seine/dip net surveys to the meeting date.
confirm the species distribution and SUMMARY: The New England Fishery
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
abundance information generated by the Management Council (Council) is
hydroacoustic surveys. The researchers scheduling a public meeting of its Dated: November 3, 2015.
may encounter a small number of listed Scientific & Statistical Committee to Tracey L. Thompson,
salmonids and eulachon as bycatch in consider actions affecting New England Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
the netting/seining operations, but those fisheries in the exclusive economic zone Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
animals would be released immediately (EEZ). Recommendations from this [FR Doc. 2015–28331 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am]
without further handling or sampling. group will be brought to the full Council BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
The researchers do not propose to kill for formal consideration and action, if
any of the listed fish being captured, but appropriate.
a small number may die as an DATES: This meeting will be held on DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
unintended result of the activities. Monday, November 23, 2015, beginning National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Permit 19738 at 9 a.m. Administration
ADDRESSES:
The Washington Department of Meeting address: The meeting will be RIN 0648–XE305
Natural Resources (WDNR) is seeking a held at the Hilton Garden Inn, Boston
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
five-year research permit to annually Logan, 100 Boardman Street, Boston,
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
take juvenile PS Chinook salmon and PS MA 02128; phone: (617) 567–6789.
steelhead in streams of northwest Puget Council address: New England AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Sound. The purpose of the study is to Fishery Management Council, 50 Water Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
correctly type streams to ensure that Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
riparian habitat buffers and fish passage FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Commerce.
structures adequately support or Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
improve conditions for aquatic species, New England Fishery Management
including listed salmonids. The WDNR Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
proposes to capture fish using backpack Management Council’s (Council) River
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
electrofishing equipment. The captured Herring and Shad (RH/S) Committee
fish would be counted, identified, Agenda will hold a public meeting to review
measured and released. The researchers The Committee will receive an update recent developments in RH/S
do not propose to kill any of the listed on the Council’s groundfish catch conservation and to consider potential
salmonids being captured, but a small advice project. There will be discussion RH/S activities for 2016.
number may die as an unintended result of the Groundfish performance report as DATES: The meeting will be held on
of the activities. well as an update on progress of the Monday, November 23, 2015, from 1
Risk Policy Workgroup—receive a p.m. to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see
This notice is provided pursuant to
presentation on the draft road map for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
section 10(c) of the ESA. NMFS will
evaluate the applications, associated implementing a risk policy. They will ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
documents, and comments submitted to also develop comments for Council via webinar. Webinar connection details
determine whether the applications consideration on proposed NOAA will be available at: http://
meet the requirements of section 10(a) Fisheries EBFM policy. They will www.mafmc.org.
of the ESA and Federal regulations. The receive an update on Council activities Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
final permit decisions will not be made related to EBFM. There will be a Management Council, 800 N. State
until after the end of the 30-day discussion on improving control rules Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
comment period. NMFS will publish for making acceptable biological catch telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
notice of its final action in the Federal (ABC) recommendations. They will Web site at www.mafmc.org.
Register. discuss SSC organizational issues. They FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
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will consider other business as needed.
Dated: November 3, 2015. Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Although non-emergency issues not
Angela Somma, contained in this agenda may come Management Council, telephone: (302)
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office before this group for discussion, those 526–5255.
of Protected Resources, National Marine issues may not be the subject of formal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Fisheries Service. action during this meeting. Action will Council’s River Herring and Shad
[FR Doc. 2015–28333 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am] be restricted to those issues specifically Committee will meet Monday,
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The major factors considered for this requirements of the Department of
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1. The action will not result in any Mandatory Source of Supply: Cincinnati
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to people with disabilities. Requests for other compliance requirements for small Impaired, Cincinnati, OH
sign language interpretation or other entities other than the small Contracting Activity: Defense Logistics
auxiliary aid should be directed to M. organizations that will furnish the Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, PA
Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 products to the Government. Distribution: C-List
days prior to the meeting date. 2. The action will result in Barry S. Lineback,
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Tracey L. Thompson, products to the Government. [FR Doc. 2015–28326 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am]
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 3. There are no known regulatory
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Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. alternatives which would accomplish
[FR Doc. 2015–28332 Filed 11–5–15; 8:45 am] the objectives of the Javits-Wagner-
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O’Day Act (41 U.S.C. 8501–8506) in COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM
connection with the products proposed PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
for addition to the Procurement List. SEVERELY DISABLED
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List.
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Category		Regulatory Information
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 held on Monday, November 23, 2015, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		80 FR 68859
RIN Number		0648-XE30

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

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