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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:white'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=735 style='width:441.0pt;background:white;border-top:none;border-left:solid #E0E0E0 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:solid #E0E0E0 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:0in 3.75pt 0in 3.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=588 style='width:4.9in'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div style='border:none #C2D9E7 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#247BC2'>Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Press Release</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border:transparent'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:transparent'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><div style='border:none #C2D9E7 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-wrap: break-word'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>August 27, 2015</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td><td width="50%" valign=top style='width:50.0%;background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border:transparent'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:3.0pt 7.5pt 0in 7.5pt'><div style='border:none #C2D9E7 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-wrap: break-word'><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 7.5pt 0in 0in'><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Press Contact: <a href="mailto:mclark@mafmc.org">Mary Clark</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p align=right style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>(302) 526-5261</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td style='background:white;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;border:transparent'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt 9.0pt'><div style='border:none #C2D9E7 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;word-wrap: break-word'><tr><td style='padding:7.5pt 15.0pt 7.5pt 15.0pt'><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Council to Hold Scoping Hearings for Action on Unmanaged Forage Species</span></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council has scheduled a series of scoping hearings to gather public input for a proposed action to protect unmanaged forage species. The proposed action would consider a prohibition on the development of new, or expansion of existing, directed fisheries on unmanaged forage species in the Mid-Atlantic until adequate scientific information is available to promote ecosystem sustainability. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Eight hearings will be held between </span><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>September 15, 2015 and October 1, 2015</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'> in locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Written comments may also be submitted through </span><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>October 2, 2015</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Forage species are small, low trophic level fish and invertebrates that play an important role in sustaining the productivity and structure of marine ecosystems. Many forage species in the Mid-Atlantic are not currently subject to significant directed fishing, but increasing global demand for fishmeal, fish oil, and bait could encourage the development of new fisheries for these species. With this action, the Mid-Atlantic Council is taking a proactive approach to conserving unmanaged forage species and the ecosystem services they provide. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>The Council has not yet decided which forage species will be addressed by this action; however, this action will only address species that are not currently managed by the Mid-Atlantic, New England, or South Atlantic Fishery Management Councils, or by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Scoping Process</span></u></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Scoping is the process of identifying issues, potential impacts, and a reasonable range of alternatives associated with a management action being developed by the Council. Scoping is the first and best opportunity for the public to make suggestions and raise concerns about new Council actions. Comments may be submitted in-person during the hearings listed below or in writing.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Additional information and updates about this action can be found in the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=276680&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Fs%2Fforage_scoping_doc.pdf">scoping document</a> and on the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=276680&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Factions%2Funmanaged-forage">Unmanaged Forage Action page</a> of the council’s website. </span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><strong><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Scoping Hearing Schedule</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday September 15, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries Washington Regional Office Hearing Room. Washington Square Mall, 943 Washington Street, Washington, NC, 27889. Telephone: 252-946-6481.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday September 16, 2015. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Virginia Marine Resources Commission 4th Floor Meeting Room. 2600 Washington Avenue, Newport News, VA, 23607. Telephone: 757-247-2200.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Thursday September 17, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Congress Hall Hotel. 200 Congress Place, Cape May, NJ, 08204. Telephone: 844-264-5030.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Monday September 21, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Kingsborough Community College Building T-3. 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY, 11235. Telephone: 718-368-5000.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>Monday September 28, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>University of Rhode Island Bay Campus Corless Auditorium. 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI, 02882. Telephone: 401-874-6222.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Tuesday September 29, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>New York Department of Environmental Conservation Bureau of Marine Resources Hearing Room. 205 North Belle Mead Road, Suite 1, East Setauket, NY, 11733. Telephone: 631-444-0430.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Wednesday September 30, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Worcester County Library Ocean Pines Branch Meeting Room. 11107 Cathell Road, Berlin, MD, 21811. Telephone: 410-208-4014.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>Thursday October 1, 2015. 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>This hearing will be held via webinar with an audio only option. Information on how to connect to the webinar will be posted <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=276680&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Fcouncil-events%2Funmanaged-forage-scoping-8">here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:black'>These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should be directed to M. 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Written comments may be sent through any of the following methods:</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Online </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>at <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=276680&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Fcomments%2Funmanaged-forage">www.mafmc.org/comments/unmanaged-forage</a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Mailed </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>to: Dr. Chris Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE, 19901. 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