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AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of a public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council and its Committees.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Monday December 12 through Thursday, December 15, 2016. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
The meetings will be held at: Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, 550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, telephone: (410) 234-0550.
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.
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Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 526-5255.
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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
Monday, December 12, 2016
Executive Committee (CLOSED MEETING)
Discuss Council awards and process and MAFMC/NEFMC joint management issue.
Mackerel, Squid, Butterfish Meeting as a Committee of the Whole Squid Amendment
Review Committee and Advisory Panel input and adopt alternatives for the public hearing document.
Lenfest Ecosystem Task Force Report
Industry-Funded Monitoring Amendment—Final Action
Review public comments and select final preferred alternatives.
Law Enforcement Report
Consideration of NJ Request for SMZ Status
Final action.
BOEM New York Energy Area Presentation
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Council Photo
Monkfish Specifications
Review Committee recommendations and select final preferred alternatives.
HMS Amendment
Receive a presentation on Dusky Shark Management Measures and consider developing Council comments.
Observer Safety Program Review
National Standard 1 Guidelines
Meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards.
Scup Commercial Quota Framework/Addendum
Review initial analysis and Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel comments.
Summer Flounder Allocation Review Study
Review and discuss commercial/recreational allocation model results and peer review summary.
Sex-Specific Summer Flounder Assessment Model Update
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Boards.
Summer Flounder Amendment
Update progress, discuss amendment timeline and action plan.
Effects of Ocean Acidification on Summer Flounder Reproduction and Productivity
Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass Recreational Specifications
Review Monitoring Committee and Advisory Panel recommendations, adopt recommendations for 2017 management measures, BSB discussion on state-by-state recreational performance relative to regional targets and ASMFC Addendum for summer flounder (Board action).Start Printed Page 85522
Thursday, December 15, 2016
2017 Implementation Plan
Review and adopt 2017 Implementation Plan.
Business Session
The day will conclude with brief reports from the National Marine Fisheries Service's GARFO and the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA's Office of General Counsel, the ASMFC, the New England and South Atlantic Fishery Council's liaisons and the Regional Planning Body Report. The Council will also receive the Council's Executive Director's Report, the Science Report, Committee Reports, and discuss any continuing and/or new business.
Although other non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this Council for discussion, those issues may not be the subjects of formal action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens act, provided that the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.
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.
Start SignatureDated: November 22, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-28510 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 11/28/2016
- Department:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of a public meeting.
- Document Number:
- 2016-28510
- Dates:
- The meeting will be held on Monday December 12 through Thursday, December 15, 2016. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
- Pages:
- 85521-85522 (2 pages)
- RINs:
- 0648-XF05
- PDF File:
- 2016-28510.pdf