43660 Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices 

Committee to utilize the information 

from the approved Risk Assessment and 

identify scientific and management 

priorities, as outlined in the Ecosystem 

Approach to Fisheries Management 

(EAFM) guidance document. The 

Committee will consider different ways 

to evaluate the Risk Assessment to help 

identify priorities for Council 

consideration. In addition, the 

Committee may take up any other 

business as necessary. A detailed 

agenda and any pertinent background 

documents will be made available on 

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 the meeting date. 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18474 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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New England Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The New England Fishery 

Management Council (Council) is 

scheduling a public meeting of its 

Scallop Advisory Panel to consider 

actions affecting New England fisheries 

in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). 

Recommendations from this group will 

be brought to the full Council for formal 

consideration and action, if appropriate. 

DATES: This meeting will be held on 

Thursday, September 13, 2018 at 9 a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Fairfield Inn & Suites, 185 

MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 

02740; phone: (774) 634–2000. 

Council address: New England 

Fishery Management Council, 50 Water 

Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, 

New England Fishery Management 

Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Agenda 

The Scallop Advisory Panel will 

review results from SARC 65 

Benchmark Assessment and preliminary 

2018 scallop survey results. They will 

discuss initial recommendations from 

the Scallop Plan Development Team 

(PDT) for FY 2019 and FY 2020 (default) 

fishery specifications (Framework 30); 

The panel will also review and provide 

input on Framework 30 management 

measures; which include standard 

default measures. They also plan to 

review and discuss results from 

Committee tasking on LAGC IFQ trip 

limits. The panel will receive an update 

on progress toward 2018 work priorities 

and develop a list of potential 2019 

scallop work priorities. Other business 

may be discussed as necessary. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. 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 MagnusonStevens Act, provided 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 

Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director, at 

(978) 465–0492, at least 5 days prior to 

the meeting date. Consistent with 16 

U.S.C. 1852, a copy of the recording is 

available upon request. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18450 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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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. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s (Council) 

Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) 

Committee will hold a meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, September 10, 2018, from 10 

a.m. to 12 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

over webinar with a telephone-only 

connection option. Details on how to 

connect to the webinar by computer and 

by telephone will be available at: http:// 

www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; website: 

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 

purpose of the meeting is for the EOP 

Committee to review the NOAA 

Fisheries draft Ecosystem Based 

Fisheries Management (EBFM) 

Implementation Plan for the Northeast 

Region. The draft plan is currently 

available for public comment until 

September 30, 2018. Given the scope 

and potential role the draft plan may 

have with the Council’s Ecosystem 

Approach to Fisheries Management 

(EAFM) guidance document, the 

Committee will review and develop 

comments specific to the draft Northeast 

Regional plan. 

A detailed agenda and any pertinent 

background documents will be made 

available on 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 the meeting date. 


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