Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 11933 [2019-06033]
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Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 61 / Friday, March 29, 2019 / Notices
Dated: March 25, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–06032 Filed 3–28–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG914
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
The Atlantic Mackerel, Squid,
and Butterfish Advisory Panel of the
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (Council) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Friday, April 12, 2019, beginning at 9
a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. For agenda
details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar with a telephone-only audio
connection: https://
mafmc.adobeconnect.com/msb-ap2019/. Telephone instructions are
provided upon connecting, or the public
can call direct: 800–832–0736, Rm:
*7833942#.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N. State
Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901;
telephone: (302) 674–2331 or on their
website 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
purposes of the meeting include: (1) To
create a Fishery Performance Report by
the Council’s Atlantic Mackerel, Squid,
and Butterfish (MSB) Advisory Panel.
This report facilitates structured input
from the Advisory Panel members for
SUMMARY:
the MSB specifications process for the
Council and its Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC); and (2) Gather
Advisory Panel feedback on the
development of the Council’s 2020–24
strategic plan, after reviewing the results
of a recent strategic planning
stakeholder survey. An agenda and
background documents will be posted at
the Council’s website (www.mafmc.org)
prior to the meeting.
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 any meeting date.
Dated: March 25, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019–06033 Filed 3–28–19; 8:45 am]
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Conservation and Management Act
require publication of this notice to
provide interested parties the
opportunity to comment on Exempted
Fishing Permit applications.
Comments must be received on
or before April 15, 2019.
DATES:
You may submit written
comments by either of the following
methods:
• Email: nmfs.gar.efp@noaa.gov.
Include in the subject line ‘‘Comments
on NEFSC Study Fleet EFP.’’
• Mail: Michael Pentony, Regional
Administrator, NMFS, Greater Atlantic
Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great
Republic Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930.
Mark the outside of the envelope
‘‘Comments on NEFSC Study Fleet
EFP.’’
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Spencer Talmage, Fishery Management
Specialist, 978–281–9232,
Spencer.Talmage@noaa.gov.
The
Northeast Fisheries Science Center
submitted a complete application for an
Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) on
February 26, 2019, for the 2019 Study
Fleet Program. The EFP would exempt
18 commercial fishing vessels from the
minimum size and possession limits for
species of interest, as well as allow
temporary retention of species that
would be discarded.
The Center established the Study
Fleet Program in 2002 to more fully
characterize commercial fishing
operations and provide sampling
opportunities to augment NMFS’s data
collection programs. Partnership with
the commercial fishing industry allows
the Center to provide samples for stock
assessment and fish biology research
when traditional sampling sources
might otherwise be unavailable. Table 1
includes all of the regulations specified
at 50 CFR part 648 that participating
vessels would be exempt from for at-sea
sampling or when retaining and landing
fish for research purposes. The
exemptions listed in Table 1 are
necessary for contracted vessels to
acquire the biological samples needed to
meet Center research objectives.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XG899
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions;
General Provisions for Domestic
Fisheries; Application for Exempted
Fishing Permit
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
The Assistant Regional
Administrator for Sustainable Fisheries,
Greater Atlantic Region, NMFS, has
made a preliminary determination that
an Exempted Fishing Permit application
submitted by the Northeast Fisheries
Science Center contains all of the
required information and warrants
further consideration. This Exempted
Fishing Permit would exempt
participating vessels from minimum fish
size restrictions and fish possession
limits. Regulations under the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
SUMMARY:
TABLE 1—SPECIFIC REGULATIONS COVERED BY THE PROPOSED EXEMPTED FISHING PERMIT
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Possession restrictions:
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§ 648.86(g) Yellowtail flounder.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XG914
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 Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel of
the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, April 12, 2019, beginning at
9 a.m. and conclude by 3 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar with a telephone-only
audio connection: https://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/msb-ap-2019/. Telephone
instructions are provided upon connecting, or the public can call
direct: 800-832-0736, Rm: *7833942#.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or
on their website 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 purposes of the meeting include: (1) To
create a Fishery Performance Report by the Council's Atlantic Mackerel,
Squid, and Butterfish (MSB) Advisory Panel. This report facilitates
structured input from the Advisory Panel members for the MSB
specifications process for the Council and its Scientific and
Statistical Committee (SSC); and (2) Gather Advisory Panel feedback on
the development of the Council's 2020-24 strategic plan, after
reviewing the results of a recent strategic planning stakeholder
survey. An agenda and background documents will be posted at the
Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.
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 any meeting date.
Dated: March 25, 2019.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2019-06033 Filed 3-28-19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
