The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is developing an Amendment to the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that will address minimizing the impacts of fishing gear on deep sea corals in the Mid-Atlantic.

The Council will hold a public hearing on Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 7 p.m. at Hilton Virginia Beach Oceanfront, 3001 Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451, telephone: (866) 460–7456;

For more information go to http://www.mafmc.org/actions/msb/am16.