Notice2022-18596
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
August 30, 2022
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Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Protected Resources Committee will hold a public meeting via webinar.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52936-52937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18596]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC299]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Protected
Resources Committee will hold a public meeting via webinar.
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DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the agenda,
webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will be posted at the
MAFMC's website: <a href="http://www.mafmc.org">www.mafmc.org</a>.
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>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council's Protected Resources Committee will meet to review materials
for phase two of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan which
focuses on reducing the risk of entanglement to right, humpback, and
fin whales in U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic mixed species trap/pot,
and Mid-Atlantic lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. The
measures developed in phase two of this plan have the potential to
impact several Council managed fisheries and the Protected Resources
Committee will develop recommendations and guidance for the Council's
representation on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team. This
team is making final recommendations at their September 19 and 22, 2022
meetings. The Protected Resources Committee will also review and
provide comments on the proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel
Strike Reduction Rule. The Committee may address other protected
resources issues as they arise.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: August 24, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18596 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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