Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 166 / Monday, August 27, 2018 / Notices 43659 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG407 

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 Law 

Enforcement Committee, Tilefish 

Committee, and Highly Migratory 

Species Committee will jointly hold a 

public meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, September 20, 2018, from 11 

a.m. until 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via conference call. Details on the 

proposed agenda, connection 

information, and briefing materials will 

be posted at the MAFMC’s website: 

www.mafmc.org. 

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council, 800 N State 

Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; 

telephone: (302) 674–2331; 

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 MidAtlantic Fishery Management Council’s 

(MAFMC’s) Law Enforcement 

Committee, Tilefish Committee, and 

Highly Migratory Species Committee 

will jointly to discuss two important 

issue: (1) The sale of golden tilefish and 

tuna by recreational vessels that do not 

possess permits allowing for the sale of 

those species or possess Coast Guard 

vessel safety requirements for 

commercial vessels; (2) Responsibilities 

of for-hire captains regarding fishing 

regulation (e.g., minimum size limit, bag 

limit) on for hire-trips. The purpose of 

the conference call is to discuss these 

two issues and develop an agenda and 

set of questions to be discussed at a 

workshop at a later date. 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 the meeting date. 

Dated: August 22, 2018. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG434 

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 

Herring Committee 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 

Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 9 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Four Points by Sheraton, 1 Audubon 

Road, Wakefield, MA 01880; telephone: 

(781) 245–9300. 

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 Committee will review results 

from the 2018 herring benchmark 

assessment (65th Northeast Regional 

Stock Assessment Workshop, SAW 65). 

They will review public comments on 

the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement (DEIS) for Amendment 8 to 

the Herring Fishery Management Plan 

(FMP), and discuss final preferred 

alternative recommendations. They will 

also discuss possible measures to 

include for consideration in the 2019– 

21 fishery specifications action 

including discussion of a potential 

independent action for fishing year 2019 

that NOAA Fisheries may develop. A 

separate action may be considered to set 

fishery specifications for 2019 because 

final measures for 2019–21 developed 

through the Council process are not 

expected to be implemented until midyear of 2019. Also on the agenda is 

initial discussion of potential 2019 

herring work priorities. They will 

discuss other business as necessary. 

Special Accommodations 

This meeting is physically accessible 

to people with disabilities. This meeting 

will be recorded. Consistent with 16 

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

available upon request. 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. 

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. 2018–18457 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XG437 

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 

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, from 

10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for agenda details. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the 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; 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 


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