50412 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 209 / Tuesday, October 31, 2017 / Notices 

4. Public Hearing 

5. Other Business 

6. Council Discussion and 

Recommendations 

Non-Emergency issues not contained 

in this agenda may come before the 

Council for discussion and formal 

Council action during its 172nd 

meeting. However, Council action on 

regulatory issues will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any regulatory issue 

arising after publication of this 

document that requires emergency 

action under section 305(c) of the 

Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the 

public has been notified of the Council’s 

intent to take action to address the 

emergency. 

Agenda items noted as ‘‘Final Action 

Items’’ refer to actions that result in 

Council transmittal of a proposed 

fishery management plan, proposed 

plan amendment, or proposed 

regulations to the U.S. Secretary of 

Commerce, under Sections 304 or 305 of 

the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act. 

Special Accommodations 

The host sites are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Kitty M. Simonds, 

(808) 522–8220 (voice) or (808) 522– 

8226 (fax), at least 5 days prior to the 

meeting date. 

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

Dated: October 25, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23600 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

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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 (MAFMC’s) 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public 

meeting via webinar, jointly with the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s (ASMFC’s) Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

Advisory Panel. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, November 20, 2017, from 2 

p.m. to 5 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; Web site: 

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 

Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 

Bass Advisory Panel, together with the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s Advisory Panel, will meet 

on Monday, November 20, 2017. The 

purpose of this meeting is to review and 

provide feedback on proposed 

recreational management measures (e.g., 

bag limits, size limits, and seasons) and 

strategies for the recreational summer 

flounder, scup, and black sea bass 

fisheries in 2018. 

A detailed agenda and background 

documents will be made available on 

the Council’s Web site (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: October 25, 2017. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23591 Filed 10–30–17; 8:45 am] 

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Administration 

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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 

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 

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 8:30 

a.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Holiday Inn, 700 Myles Standish 

Blvd., Taunton, MA 02780; telephone: 

(508) 823–0430. 

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 analyses 

prepared for Herring Amendment 8 

Draft Environmental Impact Statement 

(DEIS) specific to the range of 

alternatives developed to address 

potential localized depletion and user 

conflicts in the herring fishery. The 

committee may identify preferred 

alternatives for the Council to consider. 

The committee is not scheduled to 

discuss the other measures under 

consideration in Amendment 8, 

Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) 

control rule alternatives. The Council 

reviewed the ABC control rule 

alternatives at the September 2017 

meeting and declined to select a 

preferred alternative, but approved that 

portion of Amendment 8 to proceed for 

submission and public comment. They 

will discuss recommendations for the 

Council to consider for Herring 

Research Set-Aside research priorities 

for fishing years 2019–21 and discuss 

any challenges the program has had in 

recent years. They will discuss other 

business, 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 


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