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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:&quot;Georgia&quot;,serif;color:white">Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council</span></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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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">November 8, 2018</span><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:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Press Contact:
<a href="mailto:msabo@mafmc.org">Mary Sabo</a>, (302) 518-1143</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 align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Mid-Atlantic Council Solicits Public Input on Chub Mackerel Amendment</span></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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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is soliciting public input on a draft amendment to address management and conservation of
 chub mackerel off the U.S. east coast. Five public hearings will be held between December 3, 2018 and January 14, 2019. Written comments will be accepted through
<strong>January 18, 2019</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;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">The draft amendment considers adding Atlantic chub mackerel (<em>Scomber colias</em>) as a “stock in the fishery” in the Mackerel, Squid,
 and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. The amendment considers potential catch limits, accountability measures, and other conservation and management measures required for stocks in the fishery.</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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 will choose preferred 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:&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;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Additional information about the amendment and the management alternatives being considered can be found in the public hearing document
 available at <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__click.icptrack.com_icp_relay.php-3Fr-3D34119327-26msgid-3D478019-26act-3D7YSP-26c-3D1229622-26destination-3Dhttp-253A-252F-252Fwww.mafmc.org-252Fs-252FChub-2DMackerel-2DPHD.pdf&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&amp;r=OhNkKb-dZdcigs4HmwV6v2zXoZnRVRtLmBiSli9gka8&amp;m=FkHX6vd-FWJdGFRxq7pE3FNtCXSYT_2lZ7cJF_vZHZU&amp;s=e-2MK_eEybNLWkVK91xkHuXFSqxN1wkzy7OdXpvV7ME&amp;e=">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Public Hearing Schedule</span></i></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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 Atlantic Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23451.</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:l3 level1 lfo3">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">Written comments should be submitted by 11:59 pm on
<strong>January 18, 2019</strong>, through one 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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<strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif">Mail</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"> to Dr. Chris Moore, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State
 Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE, 19901</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:l2 level1 lfo6">
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Please include “Chub Mackerel Comments” in the subject line if using email or fax, or on the outside of the envelope if submitting written
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