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

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting to develop recreational blueline tilefish catch estimates.

Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  1. RIN 0648-XE402

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Notice; public meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting to develop recreational blueline tilefish catch estimates.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 4, 2016, beginning at 8:30 a.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will at the DoubleTree by Hilton Baltimore-BWI Airport; 890 Elkridge Landing Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD 21090.

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 Council will host a panel of fishermen to help develop recreational blueline tilefish catch estimates in the Mid-Atlantic. Briefing documents will be posted to http://www.mafmc.org/​actions/​blueline-tilefish when available. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and should finish by 5 p.m.

Special Accommodations

This 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: January 13, 2016.

Tracey L. Thompson,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2016-00839 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

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81 FR 2847

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“Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (January 19, 2016), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2016-00839/mid-atlantic-fishery-management-council-mafmc-public-meeting.