83 FR 54316 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 209 (October 29, 2018)

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 209 (Monday, October 29, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 54316]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-23557]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XG586


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, from 10 
a.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed 
at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb_mc_nov2018/. Meeting audio can 
also be accessed via telephone 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; 
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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet to consider 2019 recreational 
management measures for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass. In 
light of the ongoing benchmark stock assessment for summer flounder, 
with peer review scheduled for late November 2018, the Monitoring 
Committee will consider how to approach development of 2019 summer 
flounder recreational measures after the assessment results are 
available. In addition, the Monitoring Committee will receive an update 
on a recreational Management Strategy Evaluation (MSE) for summer 
flounder. For scup and black sea bass, the Monitoring Committee will 
recommend federal waters measures for consideration by the MAFMC and 
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Board in December 2018.
    The Monitoring Committee will also review analysis of proposed 
changes in the commercial scup incidental possession limits and may 
develop plans for reviewing the commercial scup incidental possession 
limits in future years.
    Meeting materials will be posted to http://www.mafmc.org/council-events/2018/sfsbsb-mc-meeting.

Special Accommodations

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

    Dated: October 24, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018-23557 Filed 10-26-18; 8:45 am]
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