Notice2023-23683
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
October 26, 2023
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Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 73588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD488]
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 Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public
meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2023, starting
at 1 p.m. and continuing through 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14,
2023. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: This will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option.
Monitoring Committee members, other invited meeting participants, and
members of the public will have the option to participate in person at
the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, or
virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and
briefing materials will be available at: <a href="http://www.mafmc.org/ssc">www.mafmc.org/ssc</a>.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
website: <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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet to discuss 2024-2025 recreational
management measures for summer flounder and scup and 2024 recreational
management measures for black sea bass. The Monitoring Committee will
follow the process prescribed in the fishery management plan to
recommend the percent change in harvest the measures should achieve for
each species. The Monitoring Committee will also recommend the
appropriate coastwide or federal waters recreational management
measures (e.g., possession limits, fish size limits, seasons) for all
three species. The Monitoring Committee will also discuss and provide
recommendations on the commercial summer flounder minimum mesh
regulations and exemptions (i.e., minimum mesh size regulations, Small
Mesh Exemption Program, and the flynet exemption), and review any
analyses conducted by staff and a contractor as well as feedback
received from industry.
Special Accommodations
The 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: October 23, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23683 Filed 10-25-23; 8:45 am]
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