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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",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>
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<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>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Mid-Atlantic Council Solicits Public Input</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">on Blueline Tilefish Management</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is soliciting public input on a draft amendment to address management and conservation of blueline tilefish in
the Mid-Atlantic. Four public hearings will be held between <strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">March 21 and March 29, 2016</span></strong>. Written comments will be accepted until
<strong><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Wednesday, March 30, 2016</span></strong>. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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turning that plan into the Golden and Blueline Tilefish Fishery Management Plan. The management measures proposed in the amendment are needed to constrain fishing mortality on the blueline tilefish stock and effectively manage the blueline tilefish fishery
in waters off the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=314110&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Factions%2Fblueline-tilefish">
http://www.mafmc.org/actions/blueline-tilefish</a>.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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management measures and submit the Amendment to the Secretary of Commerce for approval and publication of proposed and final rules, both of which have additional comment periods. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Public Hearing Schedule</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Monday March 21, 2016, 6 pm.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"> Dare County Administration Building, Commissioners Meeting Room, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive, Manteo, NC 27954; telephone: (252) 475-5700.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday March 22, 2016, 7 pm.</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"> Hilton Virginia
Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Ave, Virginia Beach, VA 23451; telephone: (757) 213-3001.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">Monday, March 28, 2016, 7 pm.
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"> Hilton Suites Oceanfront, 3200 Baltimore Ave., Ocean City, MD 21842; telephone: (410) 289-6444.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"> Hilton Garden Inn Lakewood, 1885 Route 70, Lakewood, NJ 08701; telephone (732) 262-5232.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black">
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<a href="mailto:jdidden@mafmc.org?subject=Blueline%20Tilefish%20Comments">jdidden@mafmc.org</a> (Include “Blueline Tilefish Comments” in the subject line)</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">
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</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">– send comments to: Dr. Christopher Moore, Executive Director, MAFMC, 800 North State St., Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901 (Mark the outside of the envelope “Blueline Tilefish Comments”)</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">
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