Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 10217 [2016-04326]
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 39 / Monday, February 29, 2016 / Notices
Dated: February 24, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
[FR Doc. 2016–04326 Filed 2–26–16; 8:45 am]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s (MAFMC)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 17, 2016, from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Double Tree by Hilton BaltimoreBWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing
Road, Linthicum, Maryland, 21090;
telephone: (410) 859–8400.
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
MAFMC’s Ecosystem and Ocean
Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will meet
to provide input on the development of
the Council’s Unmanaged Forage
Omnibus Amendment. This amendment
will prohibit the development of new,
or expansion of existing, directed
fisheries on unmanaged forage species
in Mid-Atlantic Federal waters until
adequate scientific information is
available to promote ecosystem
sustainability. The AP meeting will
include a discussion of development of
the amendment to date. The AP will
provide input on management
alternatives and other aspects of the
amendment. A more detailed agenda
and any relevant background documents
will be posted to the Council’s Web site
prior to the meeting: www.mafmc.org.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery
Management Council will hold a
meeting of its Law Enforcement
Technical Committee (LETC), formerly
known as Law Enforcement Advisory
Panel (LEAP), in conjunction with the
Gulf States Marine Fisheries
Commission’s Law Enforcement
Committee (LEC).
DATES: The meeting will convene on
Wednesday, March 16, 2016; starting
8:30 a.m. and will adjourn at 5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Holiday Inn San Antonio Riverwalk
hotel, located at 217 North St. Mary’s
Street, San Antonio, TX 78205;
telephone: (210) 224–2500.
Council address: Gulf of Mexico
Fishery Management Council, 2203 N.
Lois Avenue, Suite 1100, Tampa, FL
33607; telephone: (813) 348–1630.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Steven Atran, Senior Fishery Biologist,
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management
Council; steven.atran@gulfcouncil.org,
telephone: (813) 348–1630, and Mr.
Steve Vanderkooy, Inter-jurisdictional
Fisheries Coordinator, Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission;
svanderkooy@gsmfc.org, telephone:
(228) 875–5912.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The items
of discussion on the agenda are as
follows:
Joint Gulf Council’s Law Enforcement
Technical Committee and Gulf States
Marine Fisheries Commission’s Law
Enforcement Committee Meeting
Agenda, Wednesday, March 16, 2016,
8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
1. Adoption of Agenda
2. Approval of Minutes Actions
a. November 4, 2015 Joint ASMFC
LEC/GSMFC LEC meeting
b. December 4, 2015 LETC webinar
SUMMARY:
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3. Enforcement Implications of
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama 9mile Reef Fish Boundary
4. Enforcement Implications of Offshore
Aquaculture FMP
5. Protocol for Background Checks of AP
Candidates for Violations in State
Waters
6. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 36A—
Red Snapper IFQ Modifications
7. Draft Reef Fish Amendment 43—
Hogfish Stock Definition, Status
Determination Criteria, and Annual
Catch Limit
8. Framework Action Addressing Circle
Hook Requirement When Fishing
for Yellowtail Snapper
9. Draft Shrimp Amendment 17B—
Optimum Yield, Number of
Permits, Permit Pool, and Transit
Provisions
10. Review of Coral Habitats of
Particular Concern Proposals
11. Draft Coastal Migratory Pelagics
Amendment 26—Reallocation of
King Mackerel
12. Selection of Candidates for Officer of
the Year Award
13. Interjurisdictional Program Activity
a. Tripletail
b. Atlantic Croaker
14. Schedule of GSMFC Publications
a. Officer’s Pocket Guide
b. Law Summary
c. Licenses and Fees
d. Strategic Plan 2017–20
e. Operations Plan 2017–20
15. State Report Highlights
a. Florida
b. Alabama
c. Mississippi
d. Louisiana
e. Texas
f. U.S. Coast Guard
g. NOAA Office of Law Enforcement
h. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
16. Other Business
—Meeting Adjourns—
The Agenda is subject to change. The
latest version of the agenda along with
other meeting materials will be posted
on the Council’s file server, which can
be accessed by going to the Council Web
site at https://www.gulfcouncil.org and
clicking on File Server under Quick
Links. For meeting materials see folder
‘‘LEAP Meeting—2016–03’’ on Gulf
Council file server. The username and
password are both ‘‘gulfguest’’.
The Law Enforcement Technical
Committee consists of principal law
enforcement officers in each of the Gulf
States, as well as the NOAA Law
Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the
NOAA General Counsel for Law
Enforcement.
Although other non-emergency issues
not on the agenda may come before this
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 39 (Monday, February 29, 2016)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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 (MAFMC)
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel (AP) will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 17, 2016, from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Double Tree by Hilton
Baltimore-BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, Maryland,
21090; telephone: (410) 859-8400.
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 MAFMC's Ecosystem and Ocean Planning
Advisory Panel (AP) will meet to provide input on the development of
the Council's Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment. This amendment will
prohibit the development of new, or expansion of existing, directed
fisheries on unmanaged forage species in Mid-Atlantic Federal waters
until adequate scientific information is available to promote ecosystem
sustainability. The AP meeting will include a discussion of development
of the amendment to date. The AP will provide input on management
alternatives and other aspects of the amendment. A more detailed agenda
and any relevant background documents will be posted to the Council's
Web site prior to the meeting: www.mafmc.org.
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: February 24, 2016.
Jeffrey N. Lonergan,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-04326 Filed 2-26-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
