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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Mid-Atlantic Council to Hold Public Hearings for</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">Chub Mackerel Amendment</span></strong></span></b><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold six public hearings in May 2017 to solicit public input on the Chub Mackerel Amendment
 to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Council is also soliciting written comments on the amendment through
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">May 31, 2017</span></strong>.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">The amendment considers measures to manage Atlantic chub mackerel (<em><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">Scomber colias</span></em>)
 as a stock in the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish FMP with catch limits, accountability measures, and other conservation and management measures required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Council is developing this
 action in response to the recent development of a directed chub mackerel commercial fishery in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern New England.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Hearing Schedule</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Wednesday May 24, 2017, 6:30-8:00 pm</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">.
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 and visual access available at <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&amp;msgid=388555&amp;act=8IKT&amp;c=1229622&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fmafmc.adobeconnect.com%2Fchubscoping%2F">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Written Comments</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Written comments are due by
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif">Thursday, May 31, 2017</span></strong> and may be submitted by any of the following methods:</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE, 19901; FAX: 302-674-5399.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,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">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Questions?&nbsp;</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Please direct any questions
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