[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 69 (Friday, April 10, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 19284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-08268]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XD863


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold a workshop in conjunction with a joint meeting of the Council's 
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel and Ecosystems and Ocean 
Planning Advisory Panel. The purpose of the workshop is to refine 
spatial alternatives for deep sea coral protection zones for inclusion 
the Council's Deep Sea Corals Amendment.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 through 
Thursday, April 30, 2015. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at: Doubletree by Hilton BWI, 890 
Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: (410) 859-8060.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: (302) 
526-5255. The Council's Web site, www.mafmc.org also has details on the 
meeting location, proposed agenda, and briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This workshop will address spatial options 
for discrete coral protection zones proposed under the Council's Deep 
Sea Corals Amendment to the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery 
Management Plan. The Council is developing this amendment to address 
the potential impacts of fishing activity on deep sea corals in the 
Mid-Atlantic. The Council will solicit the input of the Mackerel, 
Squid, and Butterfish Advisory Panel, the Ecosystems and Ocean Planning 
Advisory Panel, members of the Fishery Management Action Team (FMAT), 
additional deep sea coral experts, and additional fishing industry 
participants in order to refine the current proposed boundaries and 
review alternative boundary proposals.
    The workshop will consist of a half-day meeting on Wednesday, April 
29, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., and continue on Thursday, April 30, from 9 
a.m. to 3 p.m. Prior to the meeting, a detailed agenda and briefing 
materials will be posted on the Council's Web site at: http://www.mafmc.org/. Background information and documents for the amendment 
can be found at: http://www.mafmc.org/actions/msb/am16.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: April 7, 2015.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-08268 Filed 4-9-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P