81 FR 60347 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-21074

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Spiny Dogfish Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 170 (Thursday, September 1, 2016)

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XE850


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 Spiny Dogfish 
Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held Friday, September 16, 2016, from 9 a.m. 
to 11 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/spinydogmc-2016/. Call-in information is 
provided upon logging onto the webinar.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org will also have details 
on the proposed agenda and briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The MAFMC's Spiny Dogfish Monitoring 
Committee will hold a public meeting to review 2017 specifications and 
management measures and make any appropriate recommendations. Spiny 
dogfish is in multi-year specifications for 2016-18 but the 
specifications are reviewed annually. Public comment will be taken.

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: August 29, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-21074 Filed 8-31-16; 8:45 am]
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sign language interpretation or other Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 salmon sport fisheries (Chinook, coho,
auxiliary aids should be directed to days prior to the meeting date. sockeye, chum, and pink), as well as
Thomas A. Nies (see ADDRESSES) at least Dated: August 29, 2016. several other saltwater sport fisheries.
5 days prior to the meeting date. Tracey L. Thompson,
The updated survey’s scope covers
Dated: August 26, 2016. marine sport fishing for Pacific halibut,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Tracey L. Thompson, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
salmon, and other popular marine sport
species in Alaska (e.g., lingcod and
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable [FR Doc. 2016–21074 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
rockfish). The data collected from the
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survey will be used to update estimates
[FR Doc. 2016–21019 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
of the demand for and value of marine
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE fishing to anglers and to analyze how
the type of fish caught, fishery
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric regulations, and other factors affect
Administration fishing values and anglers’ decisions to
National Oceanic and Atmospheric participate in Alaska marine fishing
Administration Submission for OMB Review; activities. The economic information
Comment Request provided from the survey will help
RIN 0648–XE850 inform fishery managers about the
The Department of Commerce will economic values of Alaska marine sport
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management submit to the Office of Management and fisheries and the changes to
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Budget (OMB) for clearance the participation in these fisheries with
following proposal for collection of proposed regulations.
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries information under the provisions of the
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Affected Public: Individuals or
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. households.
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), chapter 35).
Commerce. Frequency: One time.
Agency: National Oceanic and Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This information collection request
Title: Alaska Saltwater Sport Fishing
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery may be viewed at reginfo.gov. Follow
Economic Survey.
Management Council’s Spiny Dogfish the instructions to view Department of
OMB Control Number: 0648–0639.
Monitoring Committee will hold a Form Number(s): None. Commerce collections currently under
public meeting. Type of Request: Regular review by OMB.
(reinstatement without change). Written comments and
DATES: The meeting will be held Friday,
Number of Respondents: 2,902. recommendations for the proposed
September 16, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 11
Average Hours per Response: Survey, information collection should be sent
a.m.
30 minutes; follow-up telephone within 30 days of publication of this
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held notice to OIRA_Submission@
via webinar: http:// interview, 6 minutes.
Burden Hours: 1,374. omb.eop.gov or fax to (202) 395–5806.
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/spinydogmc-
2016/. Call-in information is provided Needs and Uses: This request is for a Dated: August 29, 2016.
upon logging onto the webinar. reinstatement, with changes, without Sarah Brabson,
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery change, of a previously approved NOAA PRA Clearance Officer.
Management Council, 800 N. State St., information collection. [FR Doc. 2016–21050 Filed 8–31–16; 8:45 am]
The National Marine Fisheries Service
Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
(NMFS) previously collected survey
(302) 674–2331.
data in 2007 and 2012 for conducting
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: economic analyses of marine sport
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
fishing in Alaska. These surveys were
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery necessary to understand the factors that National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Management Council; telephone: (302) affect the economic value of marine Administration
526–5255. The Council’s Web site, recreational fishing trips and improve
www.mafmc.org will also have details estimates of fishing trip values that can RIN 0648–XE796
on the proposed agenda and briefing aid fishery managers evaluate
materials. Endangered and Threatened Species;
management options pertaining to sport Initiation of 5-Year Review for
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The fisheries. The proposed survey is an Mediterranean Monk Seal
MAFMC’s Spiny Dogfish Monitoring update of the previously conducted
Committee will hold a public meeting to surveys and is needed to improve AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
review 2017 specifications and estimates of fishing trip values Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
management measures and make any potentially affected by recent changes in Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
appropriate recommendations. Spiny federal recreational fisheries off Alaska, Commerce.
dogfish is in multi-year specifications most notably the Halibut Catch Sharing ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year
Plan (76 FR 44156) which went into
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for 2016–18 but the specifications are review; request for information.
reviewed annually. Public comment effect in 2014 for the Pacific halibut
will be taken. fishery. Several questions in the survey SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce a 5-year
have been updated to better reflect these review of the Mediterranean monk seal
Special Accommodations recent fishery management changes. (Monachus monachus) under the
The meeting is physically accessible The Federal Government is Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
to people with disabilities. Requests for responsible for the management of the amended (ESA), to ensure that the
sign language interpretation or other Pacific halibut sport fishery off Alaska, listing classification of the species is
auxiliary aid should be directed to M. while the State of Alaska manages the accurate. The 5-year review will be

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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 Friday, September 16, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org will also have details on the proposed agenda and briefing materials.
FR Citation		81 FR 60347
RIN Number		0648-XE85

81 FR 60347 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCENational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 170 (September 1, 2016)

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