83 FR 10683 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 48 (March 12, 2018)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 48 (March 12, 2018)
| Page Range | 10683-10683 | |
| FR Document | 2018-04864 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Page 10683] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-04864] [[Page 10683]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XG082 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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Demersal Committee will hold a public meeting via webinar. DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. to noon. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. The webinar may be accessed at http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb2018fw/. The audio portion of the webinar may also be accessed via phone by dialing 1-800- 832-0736 and entering room number 5068871. Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; website: 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 Demersal Committee will meet jointly with a subset of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss draft management alternatives for an action which will consider adding the following management options to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan: (1) Conservation equivalency for the recreational black sea bass fishery, (2) Transit provisions for Block Island Sound for recreational fisheries for all three species, and (3) Slot limits for recreational fisheries for all three species. The two groups will also discuss the possibility of evaluating and modifying recreational management measures based on the annual catch limit, rather than the recreational harvest limit. A detailed agenda and background documents will be posted to the Council's website (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: March 7, 2018. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018-04864 Filed 3-9-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Council’s website (www.mafmc.org) state-permitted for-hire vessels and any
prior to the meeting. red snapper landings by these for-hire
National Oceanic and Atmospheric vessel would be counted against the
Administration Special Accommodations
private angling component quota.
The meeting is physically accessible However, these state-permitted for-hire
RIN 0648–XG082 to people with disabilities. Requests for vessels would not be able to fish in
sign language interpretation or other Federal waters. NMFS would set
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management auxiliary aid should be directed to M. separate Federal seasons for Federally
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting Jan Saunders, (302) 526–5251, at least 5 permitted for-hire vessels and private-
days prior to the meeting date. anglers not covered by any EFP. Red
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Dated: March 7, 2018. snapper landings would be monitored
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Tracey L. Thompson, by the respective states and the state
Commerce. Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable seasons set under the EFPs would close
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. when a state’s assigned quota is
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
[FR Doc. 2018–04864 Filed 3–9–18; 8:45 am] reached, or projected to be reached.
SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery BILLING CODE 3510–22–P These studies, to be conducted in the
Management Council’s (Council) exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the
Demersal Committee will hold a public Gulf of Mexico (Gulf), are intended to
meeting via webinar. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE test the effectiveness of Gulf state
DATES: The meeting will be held on
management of recreationally caught
National Oceanic and Atmospheric red snapper.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. to Administration
noon. DATES: Written comments must be
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held RIN 0648–XG033 received on or before April 2, 2018.
via webinar. The webinar may be ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of
accessed at http:// on the application, identified by
Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/ ‘‘NOAA–NMFS–2018–0029’’, by any of
Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico;
sfsbsb2018fw/. The audio portion of the the following methods:
Exempted Fishing Permit
webinar may also be accessed via phone • Electronic Submission: Submit all
by dialing 1–800–832–0736 and AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries electronic public comments via the
entering room number 5068871. Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Federal e-Rulemaking Portal. Go to
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), www.regulations.gov/
Management Council, 800 N. State Commerce. #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2018-
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 0029, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon,
telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: for exempted fishing permits; request complete the required fields, and enter
www.mafmc.org. for comments. or attach your comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: • Mail: Submit written comments to
SUMMARY: NMFS announces the receipt Peter Hood, Southeast Regional Office,
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive of five applications for exempted fishing
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, St.
permits (EFPs) from the Florida Fish Petersburg, FL 33701.
Management Council, telephone: (302) and Wildlife Conservation Commission
526–5255. Instructions: Comments sent by any
(FWC), Alabama Department of
other method, to any other address or
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid- Conservation and Natural Resources
individual, or received after the end of
Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s (ADCNR), Mississippi Department of
the comment period, may not be
Demersal Committee will meet jointly Marine Resources (MDMR), Louisiana
considered by NMFS. All comments
with a subset of the Atlantic States Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
received are a part of the public record
Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer (LDWF), and Texas Parks & Wildlife
and will generally be posted for public
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Department (TPWD). If granted, the
viewing on www.regulations.gov
Management Board. The purpose of the EFPs would authorize the applicants,
without change. All personal identifying
meeting is to discuss draft management with certain conditions, to set the
information (e.g., name, address, etc.),
alternatives for an action which will season(s) for red snapper caught by the
confidential business information, or
consider adding the following private angling component, the Federal
otherwise sensitive information
management options to the Summer charter vessel/headboat (for-hire)
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass component, or both, as applicable, and
be publicly accessible. NMFS will
Fishery Management Plan: (1) landed in each respective state. The
accept anonymous comments (enter ‘‘N/
Conservation equivalency for the EFPs would do so by exempting persons
A’’ in the required fields if you wish to
recreational black sea bass fishery, (2) from the annual closed Federal fishing
remain anonymous).
Transit provisions for Block Island seasons if they are landing red snapper
Sound for recreational fisheries for all in the participating states during the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
three species, and (3) Slot limits for states’ open seasons as set by those Peter Hood, 727–824–5305; email:
recreational fisheries for all three states, as described in more detail peter.hood@noaa.gov.
species. The two groups will also below. These annual closed Federal SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EFPs
amozie on DSK30RV082PROD with NOTICES
discuss the possibility of evaluating and fishing seasons are the seasonal closure are requested under the authority of the
modifying recreational management for red snapper which is January 1 Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
measures based on the annual catch through May 31 each year, and the Conservation and Management Act
limit, rather than the recreational closures that occur based on when (Magnuson-Stevens Act)(16 U.S.C. 1801
harvest limit. NMFS projects that the red snapper et seq.), and regulations at 50 CFR
A detailed agenda and background annual catch targets will be reached. 600.745(b) concerning exempted
documents will be posted to the The private angling component includes fishing.
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| 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 Tuesday, March 27, 2018, from 9 a.m. to noon. | |
| Contact | Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255. | |
| FR Citation | 83 FR 10683 | |
| RIN Number | 0648-XG08 |
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