Notices. Notice of a public meeting
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BILLING CODE 3510-25-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF034 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meeting AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of a public meeting. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) will hold a public meeting of its Atlantic *Mackerel, Squid,* and *Butterfish*
(MSB)Committee and its MSB Advisory Panel. DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., to view the agenda see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at The Doubletree Baltimore-BWI Airport, 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD 21090; telephone: 410-859-8400. There will be a listen-only Webinar link available, at *http://www.mafmc.org/council-events/dec-1-msb-committee-ap-meeting.* *Council address:* Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone:
(302)674-2331 or on their Web site, 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: Agenda The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Atlantic *Mackerel, Squid,* and *Butterfish*
(MSB)Committee will meet jointly with the MSB Advisory Panel to develop recommendations on alternatives to include in an Amendment that could affect the *squid* fisheries. The amendment could reduce the capacities of the longfin *squid* and *Illex squid* fleets. The Council is considering this action because of concern that activation of latent capacity in the *squid* fisheries could lead to excessive fishing effort and increased catch of non-target species. Several other issues are being considered as well:
(1)New permits for Maine/northern states;
(2)re-evaluation of longfin *squid* trimesters;
(3)longfin *squid* buffer zones beyond state waters in the area south of Martha's Vineyard/Nantucket; and
(4)revision of the goals and objectives of the MSB Fishery Management Plan. A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available on the Council's Web site, at *www.mafmc.org,* prior to the meeting. Additional information is also available at the Web page for this action: *http://www.mafmc.org/actions/squid-capacity-amendment.* 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 business days prior to the meeting date. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.* Dated: November 9, 2016. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016-27433 Filed 11-14-16; 8:45 am]
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