81 FR 74407 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 207 (October 26, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-25883

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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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) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public 
meeting jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
(ASMFC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 2 
p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. Details on how to connect to the webinar by 
computer and by telephone 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; 
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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel, 
together with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
Advisory Panel, will meet on Thursday, November 17, 2016 (see DATES and 
ADDRESSES). The purpose of this meeting is to discuss recreational 
management measures (e.g., bag limits, size limits, and seasons) and 
strategies for recreational summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 
fisheries in 2017. A detailed agenda and background documents will be 
made available on the Council's Web site (www.mafmc.org) prior to the 
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: October 21, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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Byrd at SEDAR (see FOR FURTHER 1. Participants will review and connection option. Details on how to
INFORMATION CONTACT) to request an discuss SEDAR 50 stock ID connect to the webinar by computer and
invitation providing webinar access recommendations. by telephone will be available at: http://
information. Please request webinar 2. Participants will identify potential www.mafmc.org.
invitations at least 24 hours in advance data sources and discuss data needs and Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
of each webinar. treatments in order to prepare for the Management Council, 800 N. State
SEDAR address: South Atlantic Data Workshop. Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
Fishery Management Council, 4055 Although non-emergency issues not telephone: (302) 674–2331; Web site:
Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N. contained in this agenda may come www.mafmc.org.
Charleston, SC 29405; before this group for discussion, those FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
www.sedarweb.org. issues may not be the subject of formal Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
action during this meeting. Action will Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia be restricted to those issues specifically Management Council, telephone: (302)
Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber identified in this notice and any issues 526–5255.
Place Drive, Suite 201, North arising after publication of this notice
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-
Charleston, SC 29405; phone (843) 571– that require emergency action under
Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s
4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net. section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf Fishery Conservation and Management
Bass Advisory Panel, together with the
of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Act, provided the public has been
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Caribbean Fishery Management notified of the intent to take final action
Commission’s Advisory Panel, will meet
Councils, in conjunction with NOAA to address the emergency.
on Thursday, November 17, 2016 (see
Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf Special Accommodations DATES and ADDRESSES). The purpose of
States Marine Fisheries Commissions, this meeting is to discuss recreational
This meeting is accessible to people
have implemented the Southeast Data, management measures (e.g., bag limits,
with disabilities. Requests for auxiliary
Assessment and Review (SEDAR) size limits, and seasons) and strategies
aids should be directed to the SAFMC
process, a multi-step method for for recreational summer flounder, scup,
office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
determining the status of fish stocks in and black sea bass fisheries in 2017. A
business days prior to the meeting.
the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three- detailed agenda and background
step process including: (1) Data Note: The times and sequence specified in
this agenda are subject to change.
documents will be made available on
Workshop; (2) Assessment Process the Council’s Web site (www.mafmc.org)
utilizing webinars; and (3) Review Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. prior to the meeting.
Workshop. The product of the Data
Dated: October 21, 2016. Special Accommodations
Workshop is a data report which
compiles and evaluates potential Tracey L. Thompson, The meeting is physically accessible
datasets and recommends which Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable to people with disabilities. Requests for
datasets are appropriate for assessment Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. sign language interpretation or other
analyses. The product of the Assessment [FR Doc. 2016–25884 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am] auxiliary aid should be directed to M.
Process is a stock assessment report BILLING CODE 3510–22–P Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5
which describes the fisheries, evaluates days prior to the meeting date.
the status of the stock, estimates Dated: October 21, 2016.
biological benchmarks, projects future DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Tracey L. Thompson,
population conditions, and recommends National Oceanic and Atmospheric Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
research and monitoring needs. The Administration Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
assessment is independently peer [FR Doc. 2016–25883 Filed 10–25–16; 8:45 am]
reviewed at the Review Workshop. The RIN 0648–XE973
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product of the Review Workshop is a
Summary documenting panel opinions Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
regarding the strengths and weaknesses Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
of the stock assessment and input data. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Administration
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Commerce.
Management Councils and NOAA ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
Proposed Information Collection;
Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, Comment Request; American
Highly Migratory Species Management SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Lobster—Annual Trap Transfer
Division, and Southeast Fisheries Management Council’s (Council) Program
Science Center. Participants include: Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
AGENCY: National Oceanic and
Data collectors and database managers; Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
stock assessment scientists, biologists, meeting jointly with the Atlantic States
Commerce.
and researchers; constituency Marine Fisheries Commission’s
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ACTION: Notice.
representatives including fishermen, (ASMFC’s) Summer Flounder, Scup,
environmentalists, and non- and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel. SUMMARY: The Department of
governmental organizations (NGOs); DATES: The meeting will be held on Commerce, as part of its continuing
international experts; and staff of Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 2 effort to reduce paperwork and
Councils, Commissions, and state and p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY respondent burden, invites the general
federal agencies. INFORMATION for agenda details. public and other Federal agencies to
The items of discussion at the Data ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place take this opportunity to comment on
Scoping webinar are as follows: over webinar with a telephone-only proposed and/or continuing information

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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 on Thursday, November 17, 2016 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
Contact		Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation		81 FR 74407
RIN Number		0648-XE97

81 FR 74407 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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