80 FR 81528 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 250 (December 30, 2015)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a public meeting of its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel (AP) and its Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish AP.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 250 (Wednesday, December 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81528-81529]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32866]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE376


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 will hold a public 
meeting of its Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel 
(AP) and its Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish AP.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016, from 1 
p.m. to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Ocean Place Resort, 1 Ocean 
Boulevard, Long Branch, NJ 07740; telephone: (732) 571-4000.
    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 MAFMC's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black 
Sea Bass AP and Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish AP will meet to provide 
input on a framework to modify the scup Gear Restricted Areas (GRAs). 
The scup GRAs are seasonally-effective areas where vessels fishing for 
or possessing black sea bass, longfin squid, or silver hake (also known 
as whiting) are

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prohibited from using trawl nets with codend mesh smaller than 5.0-
inches in diameter. The Council has developed a range of alternatives 
for potential modifications to the GRA boundaries. The APs will provide 
feedback on those alternatives and may propose additional alternatives. 
More information, including a detailed agenda can be found at: 
www.mamfc.org.

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: December 24, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-32866 Filed 12-29-15; 8:45 am]
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