81 FR 2847 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-00839

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting to develop recreational blueline tilefish catch estimates.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE402


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting to develop recreational blueline tilefish catch 
estimates.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016, 
beginning at 8:30 a.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will at the DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI 
Airport; 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090.
    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 will host a panel of fishermen 
to help develop recreational blueline tilefish catch estimates in the 
Mid-Atlantic. Briefing documents will be posted to http://www.mafmc.org/actions/blueline-tilefish when available. The meeting 
will begin at 8:30 a.m. and should finish by 5 p.m.

Special Accommodations

    This 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: January 13, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-00839 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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the Applications and Permits for Dated: January 12, 2016. Dated: January 13, 2016.
Protected Species (APPS) home page, Julia Harrison, Tracey L. Thompson,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
selecting File No. 19637 from the list of Office of Protected Resources, National Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
available applications. Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016–00839 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am]
These documents are also available [FR Doc. 2016–00806 Filed 1–15–16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
upon written request or by appointment BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application Administration Submission for OMB Review;
should be submitted to the Chief, Comment Request
Permits and Conservation Division, at RIN 0648–XE402
the address listed above. Comments may The Department of Commerce will
also be submitted by facsimile to (301) Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management submit to the Office of Management and
713–0376, or by email to Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Budget (OMB) for clearance the
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please following proposal for collection of
include the File No. in the subject line AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries information under the provisions of the
of the email comment. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Chapter 35).
Those individuals requesting a public Commerce. Agency: National Oceanic and
hearing should submit a written request Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Title: Marine Recreational Information
Division at the address listed above. The Program, Access-Point Angler Intercept
request should set forth the specific SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Survey.
reasons why a hearing on this Management Council (Council) will OMB Control Number: 0648–0659.
application would be appropriate. hold a meeting to develop recreational Form Number(s): None.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
blueline tilefish catch estimates. Type of Request: Regular (extension of
Arturo Herrera or Amy Hapeman, (301) DATES: The meeting will be held on a currently approved information
427–8401. Thursday, February 4, 2016, beginning collection).
at 8:30 a.m. For agenda details, see Number of Respondents: 95,000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Average Hours Per Response: 5
subject permit is requested under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
minutes.
authority of the Endangered Species Act ADDRESSES: The meeting will at the Burden Hours: 7,917.
of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI Needs and Uses: This request is for
1531 et seq.) and the regulations Airport; 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, extension of a currently approved
governing the taking, importing, and Linthicum Heights, MD 21090. information collection.
exporting of endangered and threatened Marine recreational anglers are
species (50 CFR parts 222–226). Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State surveyed to collect catch and effort data,
The applicant requests a five-year Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; fish biology data, and angler
permit to conduct research in Southwest telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their socioeconomic characteristics. These
Florida Bay to monitor the abundance of Web site at www.mafmc.org. data are required to carry out provisions
loggerhead and green sea turtles, of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
characterize the aggregations of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Conservation and Management Act (16
loggerheads, Kemp’s ridleys, and Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended,
hawksbills, and determine the Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery regarding conservation and management
movements, behaviors, and habitat-use Management Council, telephone: (302) of fishery resources.
of loggerheads. The research will be 526–5255. Marine recreational fishing catch and
late-spring to late-summer (May-August) effort data are collected through a
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
in southwestern Florida Bay and within combination of mail surveys, telephone
Council will host a panel of fishermen
the boundaries of the Everglades NP in surveys and on-site intercept surveys
to help develop recreational blueline
the vicinity of Arsnicker, Rabbit, and with recreational anglers. Amendments
Twin Keys. The applicant expects to tilefish catch estimates in the Mid- to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
approach and count up to 100 green sea Atlantic. Briefing documents will be Conservation and Management Act
turtles annually during vessel surveys posted to http://www.mafmc.org/ (MSA) require the development of an
and to capture up to 125 loggerheads, 10 actions/blueline-tilefish when available. improved data collection program for
Kemp’s ridleys, and 5 hawksbills The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and recreational fisheries. To partially meet
annually. Sea turtles will be captured by should finish by 5 p.m. these requirements, NOAA Fisheries
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hand and the following procedures Special Accommodations designed and implemented a new
would be performed before release: Access-Point Angler Intercept Survey
Measure, photograph, weigh, flipper This meeting is physically accessible (APAIS) in 2013 to ensure better
tagging, passive integrated transponder to people with disabilities. Requests for coverage and representation of
tagging, temporary carapace marking, sign language interpretation or other recreational fishing activity.
and blood sample. Up to 10 of the auxiliary aid should be directed to M. The APAIS intercepts marine
loggerheads also would have tumors Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 recreational fishers at public-access sites
tissue sampled annually. days prior to the meeting date. in coastal counties from Maine to

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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 Thursday, February 4, 2016, beginning at 8:30 a.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		81 FR 2847
RIN Number		0648-XE40

81 FR 2847 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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