83 FR 29545 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 122 (June 25, 2018)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 122 (Monday, June 25, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 29545]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG307


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) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, from 12:30 
p.m. through 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesday, July 18, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. 
to 12:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place at the Hyatt Place Inner Harbor, 
511 South Central Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21201; telephone: (410) 558-
1840.
    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 purpose of this meeting is to make 
multi-year acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommendations for Chub 
Mackerel based on the most recent and appropriate information 
available. The SSC will also make ABC recommendations for the 2019 
fishing year for summer flounder and bluefish based on the most recent 
fishery information. A review the most recent survey and fishery data 
and the currently implemented 2019 ABC for scup and the previously 
recommended 2019 ABC for black sea bass will also be conducted. In 
addition, the SSC may take up any other business as necessary.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: June 20, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-13535 Filed 6-22-18; 8:45 am]
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