Notice2023-19082
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
September 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC)'s Spiny Dogfish and Monkfish Committees (Committees) will hold a public meeting. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19082]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD287]
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 (MAFMC)'s Spiny
Dogfish and Monkfish Committees (Committees) will hold a public
meeting. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection,
agenda items, and any additional information will be available at
<a href="http://www.mafmc.org/council-events">www.mafmc.org/council-events</a>.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or
on their website at <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 purpose of this meeting is for the
Committees to discuss potential measures to reduce bycatch of Atlantic
sturgeon in the monkfish and spiny dogfish gillnet fisheries, developed
from the recommendations in NOAA's Action Plan to Reduce Atlantic
Sturgeon Bycatch in Federal Large-Mesh Gillnet Fisheries. They will
also further refine the draft range of alternatives discussed by the
Councils (NEFMC and MAFMC), to be considered for reducing bycatch of
Atlantic sturgeon in the monkfish and spiny dogfish gillnet fisheries.
Other business may be discussed, as necessary.
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 30, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-19082 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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