82 FR 18737 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 76 (April 21, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-08128

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XF375


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 in conjunction with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from 1 p.m. 
until 5:45 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at: The Westin Alexandria, 400 
Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA 22314, telephone: (703) 253-8600.
    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

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

1. Welcome/Call to Order
2. Scup Quota Period Framework (Framework 10 to the Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP)
    Final Action
3. Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment
    Review draft range of alternatives for commercial issues and 
approve range of alternatives for further development and inclusion in 
a public hearing document
4. Review Implementation of 2017 Summer Flounder and Black Sea Bass 
Recreational Measures
5. Black Sea Bass Wave I Fishery
    Review white paper on potential experimental recreational Wave 1 
black sea bass fishery and consider postponed motion to allow 
experimental wave 1 for-hire

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fishery: Motion to allow an experimental 2018 January/February (wave 
1), recreational, federally permitted for-hire fishery for black sea 
bass with a 15 fish per person possession limit, a suspended minimum 
size limit, and a zero discard policy to allow for barotrauma, and a 
mandatory trip reporting requirement.
6. Review Board White Paper on Summer Flounder Recreational 
Specifications
7. Other Business/Adjourn

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: April 18, 2017.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
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was to make reproducible lte_on_gps_-_measurement_data_ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
measurements under clearly-defined request_form.pdf. More information on
test conditions to isolate impacts of this NASTCN project, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
radiated LTE signals on GPS receivers, document library and the archived draft Administration
and to allow others to make comparable test plan, the revised test plan, RIN 0648–XF375
measurements if desired. To accomplish adjudicated comments, and
this, the approach aimed to measure the supplemental information, is available Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
response of selected GPS devices given at: https://www.nist.gov/programs- Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
well-controlled GPS and LTE power projects/impact-lte-signals-gps-
levels under fixed, stable thermal noise AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
receivers. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
conditions, while limiting the number
of other extraneous variables. Due to significant interest in these Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
In May of 2016, the NASCTN team measurements by regulators for Commerce.
completed the draft test plan and assessing LTE signals on performance of ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
distributed it to a cross-section of GPS GPS devices, Federal agencies, and the
manufacturers, Federal agencies, and GPS community, NASCTN is hosting a SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
spectrum regulators and released it public meeting to provide an overview Management Council (Council) will
publicly for comments to obtain of the project, the test methodology and hold public meetings of the Council in
technical feedback on the proposed the test results. NASCTN will also conjunction with the Atlantic States
method. Over a two-month period, Marine Fisheries Commission.
answer questions on the project, the
NASCTN received 159 comments from testing methodology and the test results. DATES: The meeting will be held on
10 different organizations. The NASCTN The final agenda for the public meeting Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from 1 p.m.
test team reviewed the comments and will be posted on the NASCTN Web until 5:45 p.m. For agenda details, see
developed a revised test plan in July of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
page, available at: https://www.nist.gov/
2016 that addressed the technical issues ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held
communications-technology-laboratory-
raised in the comments. The draft test at: The Westin Alexandria, 400
plan, the revised test plan, and the ctl/nasctn.
Courthouse Square, Alexandria, VA
adjudicated comments from the review Admittance Instructions: Anyone 22314, telephone: (703) 253–8600.
process are all publicly available on the wishing to attend the NASCTN ‘‘LTE Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
NASCTN Web site at: https:// Impact on GPS Devices’’ public meeting Management Council, 800 N. State
www.nist.gov/programs-projects/ must register by email to nasctn@ Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
impact-lte-signals-gps-receivers. nist.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
Over a three-month period, from Time on Tuesday, May, 2 2017. Please Web site at www.mafmc.org.
August through October 2016, NASCTN provide your first and last name, email FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
performed the radiated measurements address, phone number, and company Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
associated with this project at two affiliation in the registration email. Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
facilities—a semi-anechoic chamber at
Seating at the public meeting may be Management Council, telephone: (302)
National Technical Systems in
limited, and attendance will be ‘‘first- 526–5255.
Longmont, Colorado and at a fully-
anechoic chamber at the NIST come, first-served,’’ on a space-available SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Broadband Interoperability Testbed basis. following items are on the agenda,
facility in Boulder, Colorado, using the though agenda items may be addressed
The public meeting will also be
revised test plan. out of order (changes will be noted on
accessible via WebEx for those who are the Council’s Web site when possible).
NASCTN relied on technical staff unable to participate in person. If you
from NIST and the U.S. Army’s wish to have access to the WebEx, you Agenda
Electronic Proving Grounds to perform
must register in advance of the meeting Wednesday, May 10, 2017
and validate the measurements and
by sending an email with your first and
collect the data. The team was multi- 1. Welcome/Call to Order
disciplinary, including expertise in GPS last name, email address, phone
2. Scup Quota Period Framework
devices and simulation, radiated radio- number, and company affiliation
(Framework 10 to the Summer
frequency measurements, timing provided in the message to Dr. Sheryl
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
measurements, microwave metrology, Genco at sheryl.genco@nist.gov no later FMP)
statistical analysis and data processing. than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Final Action
In total, NASCTN performed 1,476 Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Instructions 3. Comprehensive Summer Flounder
hours of testing and collected over for accessing the WebEx will be Amendment
19,000 data files for a variety of provided by email to individuals who Review draft range of alternatives for
measurands, including carrier-to-noise- register. commercial issues and approve
density ratio (C/N0), 3D position error, range of alternatives for further
Kevin Kimball,
timing error, number of satellites in development and inclusion in a
view, time to first fix, and time to first NIST Chief of Staff. public hearing document
reacquisition, that were collected from a [FR Doc. 2017–08080 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am] 4. Review Implementation of 2017
number of GPS devices at a baseline
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condition (no LTE signals present) and Bass Recreational Measures
over a large range of LTE signal power 5. Black Sea Bass Wave I Fishery
levels. Subsequent data processing Review white paper on potential
yielded a set of 3,859 anonymized data experimental recreational Wave 1
files (780 MB) that may be requested black sea bass fishery and consider
here: https://www.nist.gov/sites/default/ postponed motion to allow
files/documents/2017/02/15/impact_of_ experimental wave 1 for-hire

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fishery: Motion to allow an hours in advance of each webinar. notified of the intent to take final action
experimental 2018 January/ SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place Drive, to address the emergency.
February (wave 1), recreational, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 29405.
Special Accommodations
federally permitted for-hire fishery FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
for black sea bass with a 15 fish per The meeting is physically accessible
A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– to people with disabilities. Requests for
person possession limit, a 4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net.
suspended minimum size limit, and sign language interpretation or other
a zero discard policy to allow for SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf auxiliary aids should be directed to the
barotrauma, and a mandatory trip of Mexico, South Atlantic, and Council office (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
reporting requirement. Caribbean Fishery Management business days prior to each workshop.
6. Review Board White Paper on Councils, in conjunction with NOAA Note: The times and sequence specified in
Summer Flounder Recreational Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf this agenda are subject to change.
Specifications States Marine Fisheries Commissions
7. Other Business/Adjourn have implemented the Southeast Data, Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Assessment and Review (SEDAR) Dated: April 18, 2017.
Special Accommodations process, a multi-step method for Tracey L. Thompson,
This meeting is physically accessible determining the status of fish stocks in Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
to people with disabilities. Requests for the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multi- Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
sign language interpretation or other step process including: (1) Data [FR Doc. 2017–08127 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Workshop, (2) a series of assessment
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Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop.
days prior to the meeting date. The product of the Data Workshop is a
Dated: April 18, 2017. report that compiles and evaluates DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Tracey L. Thompson, potential datasets and recommends
which datasets are appropriate for National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. assessment analyses. The assessment Administration
webinars produce a report that describes
[FR Doc. 2017–08128 Filed 4–20–17; 8:45 am]
the fisheries, evaluates the status of the Evaluations of National Estuarine
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stock, estimates biological benchmarks, Research Reserves
projects future population conditions, AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE and recommends research and (OCM), National Ocean Service (NOS),
monitoring needs. The product of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Review Workshop is an Assessment Administration (NOAA), Department of
Administration Summary documenting panel opinions Commerce (Commerce).
regarding the strengths and weaknesses
RIN 0648–XF372 ACTION: Notice.
of the stock assessment and input data.
Participants for SEDAR Workshops are SUMMARY: The National Oceanic and
Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico;
appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Southeast Data, Assessment, and
Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery Office for Coastal Management will hold
Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
Management Councils and NOAA a public meeting to solicit comments for
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, the performance evaluation of the Jobos
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and HMS Management Division, and Bay National Estuarine Research
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Southeast Fisheries Science Center. Reserve.
Commerce. Participants include data collectors and
DATES: Jobos Bay National Estuarine
ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 51 Post-Data database managers; stock assessment
Research Reserve Evaluation: The
Workshop webinar for Gulf of Mexico scientists, biologists, and researchers;
public meeting will be held on
gray snapper. constituency representatives including
Wednesday, June 7, 2017, and written
fishermen, environmentalists, and
SUMMARY: The SEDAR 51 assessment comments must be received on or before
NGO’s; International experts; and staff
process of Gulf of Mexico gray snapper Wednesday, June 21, 2017.
of Councils, Commissions, and state and For specific dates, times, and
will consist of a Data Workshop, an federal agencies.
Assessment Workshop and a series of locations of the public meetings, see
The items of discussion during the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
assessment webinars, and a Review post-Data Workshop webinar are as
Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
follows: on the reserves and coastal program
INFORMATION.
Panelists will present finalized data NOAA intends to evaluate by any of the
DATES: The SEDAR 51 post-Data for review and recommendation. following methods:
Workshop webinar will be held May 16, Although non-emergency issues not Public Meeting and Oral Comments:
2017, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Eastern contained in this agenda may come A public meeting will be held in
Time. before this group for discussion, those Aguirre, Puerto Rico for the Jobos Bay
ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The issues may not be the subject of formal Reserve. For the specific location, see
meeting will be held via webinar. The action during this meeting. Action will SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Written
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webinar is open to members of the be restricted to those issues specifically Comments: Please direct written
public. Those interested in participating identified in this notice and any issues comments to Ralph Cantral, Evaluator,
should contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR arising after publication of this notice Policy, Planning and Communications,
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) that require emergency action under Office for Coastal Management, 1305
to request an invitation providing section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens East-West Highway N/OCM1, Silver
webinar access information. Please Fishery Conservation and Management Spring, MD 20910, or email comments
request webinar invitations at least 24 Act, provided the public has been Ralph.Cantral@noaa.gov.

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Section		Notices
Action		Notice of a public meeting.
Dates		The meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, from 1 p.m. until 5:45 p.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		82 FR 18737
RIN Number		0648-XF37

82 FR 18737 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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