Notice2023-15628
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
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Published
July 24, 2023
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council, including joint meetings with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board, the ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program Policy Board, and the ASMFC Bluefish Management Board.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47482-47484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15628]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD178]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold public meetings of the Council, including joint meetings with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board, the ASMFC Interstate Fishery
Management Program Policy Board, and the ASMFC Bluefish Management
Board.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, August 8 through Friday,
August 11, 2023. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be an in-person meeting with a virtual
option. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the
public
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will have the option to participate in person at the Westin Annapolis,
100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401; phone: (410) 972-4300, or
virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and
briefing materials will be available at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/august-2023">https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/august-2023</a>.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State St., 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. The Council's website, <a href="http://www.mafmc.org">www.mafmc.org</a>, also has details on the
meeting location, proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and
briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the agenda,
although agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be
noted on the Council's website when possible.)
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Council Meeting With the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board
Summer Flounder 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Review and revise 2024-2025 commercial measures if needed
Scup 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Review and revise 2024-2025 commercial measures if needed
Scup Commercial Discards Report
Review commercial scup discards through 2022
Review Scup GRA analysis and discuss next steps
Black Sea Bass 2024 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024
Review and revise 2024 commercial measures if needed
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Only
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
Review
Elect Board vice chair
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Council Meeting With the ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program
(ISFMP) Policy Board
Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda 2.0
Review progress and discuss next steps
Council Meeting with the ASMFC Bluefish Management Board
Bluefish 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025 including recreational management
measures
ASMFC Bluefish Board Only
ASMFC Bluefish Fishery Management Plan Review
Elect Board vice chair
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Convenes
East Coast Scenario Planning Initiative
Review outcomes and discuss MAFMC next steps
NOAA Fisheries Climate Governance Policy
Review NOAA Fisheries draft policy and SSC comments
Develop Council comments
Award Presentations
Presentation of Award of Excellence, Ricks E Savage Award, and
acknowledgement of outgoing Council member
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Atlantic Mackerel 2024-2025 Specifications
Review results of 2023 Management Track Assessment and rebuilding
progress
Review results of 2023 Canadian assessment/management actions
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Consider emergency action request and/or Framework initiation if
appropriate given assessment results
River Herring and Shad (RH/S)
Review RH/S update
Review recommendations from the RH/S Committee, RH/S Advisory Panel,
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee, and staff
Adopt RH/S cap (Atlantic mackerel fishery) for 2024-2025
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Electronic Monitoring and
Reporting Grant Program--Gray Redding, NFWF
Update on the NFWF electronic monitoring and reporting grant program
Longfin Squid 2024-2026 Specifications
Review results of 2023 Management Track Assessment
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2026
Illex Hold Baseline FW Meeting #1
Review recommendations from the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish
Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Review and approve range of alternatives
Research Set-Aside Program Redevelopment
Update on the redevelopment of the Research Set-Aside program
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR): National Standard 4, 8,
and 9 Comments
Review comments developed for NOAA Fisheries related to National
Standard 4, 8, and 9
Friday, August 11, 2023
Swearing in of New Council Members and Election of Officers
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC, Ecosystem and Ocean Planning, Highly Migratory
Species); Executive Director's Report; Organization Reports; and
Liaison Reports
Other Business and General Public Comment
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come
before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act),
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these
meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically
identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c).
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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.
Dated: July 19, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-15628 Filed 7-21-23; 8:45 am]
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