81_FR_85749 81 FR 85521 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

81 FR 85521 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 228 (November 28, 2016)

Page Range85521-85522
FR Document2016-28510

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council and its Committees.

Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016) 
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85521-85522]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28510]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF059


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

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public meetings of the Council and its Committees.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday December 12 through Thursday, 
December 15, 2016. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, 
550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, telephone: (410) 234-0550.
    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 following items are on the agenda, 
though agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be 
noted on the Council's Web site when possible).

Agenda

Monday, December 12, 2016

Executive Committee (CLOSED MEETING)
    Discuss Council awards and process and MAFMC/NEFMC joint management 
issue.
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Meeting as a Committee of the Whole Squid 
Amendment
    Review Committee and Advisory Panel input and adopt alternatives 
for the public hearing document.
Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Report
Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment--Final Action
    Review public comments and select final preferred alternatives.
Law Enforcement Report
Consideration of NJ Request for SMZ Status
    Final action.
BOEM New York Energy Area Presentation

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Council Photo
Monkfish Specifications
    Review Committee recommendations and select final preferred 
alternatives.
HMS Amendment
    Receive a presentation on Dusky Shark Management Measures and 
consider developing Council comments.
Observer Safety Program Review
National Standard 1 Guidelines
    Meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards.
Scup Commercial Quota Framework/Addendum
    Review initial analysis and Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel 
comments.
Summer Flounder Allocation Review Study
    Review and discuss commercial/recreational allocation model results 
and peer review summary.
Sex-Specific Summer Flounder Assessment Model Update

Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards.
Summer Flounder Amendment
    Update progress, discuss amendment timeline and action plan.
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Summer Flounder Reproduction and 
Productivity
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Recreational Specifications
    Review Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations, 
adopt recommendations for 2017 management measures, BSB discussion on 
state-by-state recreational performance relative to regional targets 
and ASMFC Addendum for summer flounder (Board action).

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

2017 Implementation Plan
    Review and adopt 2017 Implementation Plan.
Business Session
    The day will conclude with brief reports from the National Marine 
Fisheries Service's GARFO and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 
NOAA's Office of General Counsel, the ASMFC, the New England and South 
Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the Regional Planning Body 
Report. The Council will also receive the Council's Executive 
Director's Report, the Science Report, Committee Reports, and discuss 
any continuing and/or new business.
    Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda 
may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be 
the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council action will 
be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and 
any issues arising after publication of this notice that require 
emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens act, 
provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to 
take final action to address the emergency.

Special Accommodations

    This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-28510 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 228 / Monday, November 28, 2016 / Notices 85521 party’s name, address, and telephone DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Law Enforcement Report number; the number of participants; and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Consideration of NJ Request for SMZ a list of the issues to be discussed. If a Administration Status request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for Final action. the hearing which will be held at the RIN 0648–XF059 U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 BOEM New York Energy Area Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Presentation DC 20230, at a time and location to be Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Tuesday, December 13, 2016 determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Council Photo the hearing two days before the Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Monkfish Specifications scheduled date. Commerce. Review Committee recommendations Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(h)(i)(2), the ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. and select final preferred alternatives. Department will issue the final results HMS Amendment of this expedited review, including the SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery results of its analysis of issues raised in Management Council (Council) will Receive a presentation on Dusky any written briefs, within 90 days after hold public meetings of the Council and Shark Management Measures and the date of publication of these its Committees. consider developing Council comments. preliminary results. DATES:The meeting will be held on Monday December 12 through Observer Safety Program Review Cash Deposit Instructions Thursday, December 15, 2016. For National Standard 1 Guidelines Pursuant to section 19 CFR agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 351.214(k)(iii), the final results of this INFORMATION. Meeting with the Atlantic States expedited review will not be the basis Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass for the assessment of countervailing at: Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, 550 duties. Upon issuing the final results, Boards. Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, the Department intends to instruct telephone: (410) 234–0550. Scup Commercial Quota Framework/ Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to Addendum Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery collect cash deposits of estimated Management Council, 800 N. State Review initial analysis and countervailing duties for the companies Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; Monitoring Committee and Advisory subject to this expedited review, at the telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their Panel comments. rates shown above, on shipments of Web site at www.mafmc.org. subject merchandise entered, or Summer Flounder Allocation Review withdrawn from warehouse, for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Study consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Review and discuss commercial/ expedited review. These cash deposit Management Council, telephone: (302) recreational allocation model results requirements, when imposed, shall 526–5255. and peer review summary. remain in effect until further notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(k)(iv), Sex-Specific Summer Flounder following items are on the agenda, however, if either Catalyst and/or Irving Assessment Model Update though agenda items may be addressed has a final estimated net subsidy rate out of order (changes will be noted on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 that is zero or de minimis, they will be the Council’s Web site when possible). excluded from the order. Meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Agenda Fisheries Commission’s Summer This determination is issued and Monday, December 12, 2016 Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) Boards. and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR Executive Committee (CLOSED 351.214(h) and (k). MEETING) Summer Flounder Amendment Dated: November 22, 2016. Update progress, discuss amendment Discuss Council awards and process Gary Taverman, timeline and action plan. and MAFMC/NEFMC joint management Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for issue. Effects of Ocean Acidification on Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Meeting as Summer Flounder Reproduction and a Committee of the Whole Squid Productivity Appendix Amendment Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum Review Committee and Advisory Recreational Specifications I. Summary Panel input and adopt alternatives for Review Monitoring Committee and mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES II. Background the public hearing document. Advisory Panel recommendations, III. Scope of the Order IV. Subsidies Valuation Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Report adopt recommendations for 2017 V. Analysis of Programs management measures, BSB discussion Industry-Funded Monitoring VI. Disclosure and Public Comment on state-by-state recreational Amendment—Final Action VII. Conclusion performance relative to regional targets [FR Doc. 2016–28505 Filed 11–25–16; 8:45 am] Review public comments and select and ASMFC Addendum for summer BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P final preferred alternatives. flounder (Board action). VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:15 Nov 25, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1

85522 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 228 / Monday, November 28, 2016 / Notices Thursday, December 15, 2016 recovery for the Amendment 80 halibut fisheries in the Federal Register Program, the American Fisheries Act by December 1 each year. 2017 Implementation Plan (AFA) Program, the Aleutian Islands Review and adopt 2017 Standard Prices Pollock (AIP) Program, and the Western Implementation Plan. Alaska Community Development Quota The fee liability is based on the ex- (CDQ) groundfish and halibut Programs. vessel value of fish harvested in each Business Session program. For purposes of calculating The fee percentage for 2016 is 0.37 The day will conclude with brief percent for the Amendment 80 Program, cost recovery fees, NMFS calculates a reports from the National Marine 0.10 percent for the AFA inshore standard ex-vessel price (standard price) Fisheries Service’s GARFO and the cooperatives, 0.10 percent for the AFA for each species. A standard price is Northeast Fisheries Science Center, catcher/processor sector, 0.17 percent determined using information on NOAA’s Office of General Counsel, the for the AFA mothership cooperative, 0 landings purchased (volume) and ex- ASMFC, the New England and South percent for the AIP program, and 0.29 vessel value paid (value). For most Atlantic Fishery Council’s liaisons and percent for the CDQ groundfish and groundfish species, NMFS annually the Regional Planning Body Report. The halibut Programs. This action is summarizes volume and value Council will also receive the Council’s intended to provide the 2016 standard information for landings of all fishery Executive Director’s Report, the Science prices and fee percentages to calculate species subject to cost recovery in order Report, Committee Reports, and discuss the required payment for cost recovery to estimate a standard price for each any continuing and/or new business. fees due by December 31, 2016. species. The standard prices are Although other non-emergency issues described in U.S. dollars per pound for DATES: Effective November 28, 2016. not contained in this agenda may come landings made during the year. The before this Council for discussion, those FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl standard prices for all species in the issues may not be the subjects of formal Greene, Fee Coordinator, 907–586–7105. Amendment 80, AFA, AIP, and CDQ action during this meeting. Council SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: groundfish and halibut programs are action will be restricted to those issues Background listed in Table 1. Each landing made specifically listed in this notice and any under each program is multiplied by the issues arising after publication of this Section 304(d) of the Magnuson- appropriate standard price to arrive at notice that require emergency action Stevens Fishery Conservation and an ex-vessel value for each landing. under section 305(c) of the Magnuson- Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens These values are summed together to Stevens act, provided that the public Act) authorizes and requires the arrive at the ex-vessel value of each has been notified of the Council’s intent collection of cost recovery fees for program (fishery value). to take final action to address the limited access privilege programs and the CDQ Program. Cost recovery fees Fee Percentage emergency. recover the actual costs directly related NMFS calculates the fee percentage Special Accommodations to the management, data collection, and each year according to the factors and This meeting is physically accessible enforcement of the programs. Section methods described in Federal to people with disabilities. Requests for 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act regulations at 50 CFR 679.33(c)(2), sign language interpretation or other mandates that cost recovery fees not 679.66(c)(2), 679.67(c)(2), and auxiliary aids should be directed to M. exceed three percent of the annual ex- 679.95(c)(2). NMFS determines the fee Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 vessel value of fish harvested by a percentage that applies to landings days prior to the meeting date. program subject to a cost recovery fee, made during the year by dividing the and that the fee be collected either at the total costs directly related to the Dated: November 22, 2016. time of landing, filing of a landing management, data collection, and Tracey L. Thompson, report, or sale of such fish during a enforcement of each program (direct Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable fishing season or in the last quarter of Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. program costs) during the year by the the calendar year in which the fish is fishery value. NMFS captures direct [FR Doc. 2016–28510 Filed 11–25–16; 8:45 am] harvested. program costs through an established BILLING CODE 3510–22–P NMFS manages the Amendment 80 accounting system that allows staff to Program, AFA Program, and AIP track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and Program as limited access privilege procurement. For 2016, the direct DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE programs. On January 5, 2016, NMFS program costs were tracked from National Oceanic and Atmospheric published a final rule to implement cost February 4, 2016 (the effective date of Administration recovery for these three limited access the rule), to September 30, 2016 (the privilege programs and the CDQ end of the fiscal year). In subsequent RIN 0648–XF037 groundfish and halibut programs (81 FR years, direct program costs will be 150). The designated representative (for calculated based on a full fiscal year. Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic the purposes of cost recovery) for each NMFS will provide an annual report Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and program is responsible for submitting that summarizes direct program costs Aleutian Islands Management Area; the fee payment to NMFS on or before for each of the programs in early 2017. Cost Recovery Programs the due date of December 31 of the year NMFS calculates the fishery value as AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries in which the landings were made. The described under the section ‘‘Standard total dollar amount of the fee due is mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Prices.’’ Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), determined by multiplying the NMFS published fee percentage by the ex- Amendment 80 Program Standard Commerce. vessel value of all landings under the Prices and Fee Percentage ACTION: Notice of standard prices and fee percentage. program made during the fishing year. The Amendment 80 Program allocates NMFS publishes this notice of the fee total allowable catches (TACs) of SUMMARY: NMFS publishes standard percentages for the Amendment 80, groundfish species, other than Bering prices and fee percentages for cost AFA, AIP, and CDQ groundfish and Sea pollock, to identified trawl catcher/ VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:15 Nov 25, 2016 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28NON1.SGM 28NON1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of a public meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held on Monday December 12 through Thursday, December 15, 2016. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ContactChristopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
FR Citation81 FR 85521 
RIN Number0648-XF05
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