Notice2023-04774
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
March 8, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC's) Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC) will hold a public meeting jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Bluefish Technical Committee (TC).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 14350]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04774]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC807]
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 (MAFMC's)
Bluefish Monitoring Committee (MC) will hold a public meeting jointly
with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Bluefish
Technical Committee (TC).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, March 24, 2023, from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information
will be posted to the calendar at <a href="http://www.mafmc.org">www.mafmc.org</a> prior to the meeting.
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 Bluefish Monitoring Committee and
Technical Committee will meet to develop potential methods for applying
a buffer between sector specific annual catch limits (ACLs) and annual
catch targets (ACTs) to account for management uncertainty. At the
meeting, the MC and TC will review buffer examples in other fisheries,
review recent bluefish overages by sector, and discuss methods for
buffer calculation. The MC and TC will also discuss bluefish
specifications updates and next steps as appropriate.
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, (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days
prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 3, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-04774 Filed 3-7-23; 8:45 am]
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