Notice2022-07695
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings and Request for Comments
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Published
April 11, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold five public hearings (including one webinar) and accept written comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the Atlantic mackerel stock.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21097-21098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07695]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB947]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
and Request for Comments
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meetings and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold five public hearings (including one webinar) and accept written
comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the Atlantic mackerel
stock.
DATES: The hearings will be held between April 25, 2022 and May 2,
2022. Written comments must be received by May 9, 2022. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details, including the dates and times
for all hearings.
ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for hearing details.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
<a href="http://www.mafmc.org">www.mafmc.org</a>.
Written comments may be submitted to:
<bullet> Email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4329272a2727262d032e22252e206d2c3124"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2b8b6bbb6b6b7bc92bfb3b4bfb1fcbda0b5">[email protected]</span></a> (use subject ``Mackerel
Rebuilding'').
<bullet> Via webform at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/comments/mackerel-rebuilding">https://www.mafmc.org/comments/mackerel-rebuilding</a>.
<bullet> Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201,
Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Mackerel
Rebuilding.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold five public hearings
and accept written comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the
Atlantic mackerel stock. Potential management measures include
commercial quotas, recreational bag limits, a 3-inch commercial minimum
mesh requirement, and permitting clarifications. The action would also
continue to set a river herring and shad catch cap for the mackerel
fishery. A public hearing document with additional details can be found
at <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment">https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment</a>.
Hearing 1--New Bedford, Massachusetts, Monday, April 25, 2022, 6 p.m.-9
p.m., Fairfield Inn and Suites, 185 MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA
02740, phone: (774) 634-2000;
Hearing 2--Plymouth, Massachusetts, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 6 p.m.-9
p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 4 Home Depot Drive, Plymouth, MA 02360, phone:
(508) 830-0200;
Hearing 3--Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 6
p.m.-8 p.m., Urban Forestry Center. 45 Elwyn Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801;
phone: (603) 431-6774;
Hearing 4--Brunswick, Maine, Thursday, April 28, 2022, 5:30 p.m.-8
p.m., Curtis Memorial Library (Morrell Meeting Room), 23 Pleasant
Street, Brunswick, ME 04011, phone: (207) 725-5242; and
Hearing 5--Webinar: Monday, May 2, 2022, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Connection
details can be found at the Council's website calendar or <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment">https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment</a>.
Written comments are accepted at the hearings or via the submission
methods described above, by May 9, 2022.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aid should be directed to Shelley Spedden, (302) 526-5251, at
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Dated: April 6, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-07695 Filed 4-8-22; 8:45 am]
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