Notice2024-27371
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
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Published
November 22, 2024
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Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council and its Executive Committee, including joint sessions with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board and Policy Board.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92655-92656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27371]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE480]
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 and its Executive Committee,
including joint sessions with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management
Board and Policy Board.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, December 10, 2024, through
Thursday, December 12, 2024. 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 will have the option to participate in person at The Westin
Annapolis, 100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, or virtually via
Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials
will be available at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/december-2024">https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/december-2024</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, December 10, 2024
Executive Committee--Closed Session
Review 2024 Ricks E. Savage Award nominations.
Council Convenes With the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board
2025 Summer Flounder Recreational Measures Review
Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
Review previously adopted 2025 recreational measures and recommend
changes if warranted.
2025 Scup Recreational Measures Review
Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
Review previously adopted 2025 recreational measures and recommend
changes if warranted.
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2025 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures
Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
Recommend conservation equivalency or coastwide management and
associated measures for 2025.
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Adjourns Council
Convenes With the ASMFC Policy Board
Recreational Sector Separation and Catch Accounting Amendment
Consider approval of draft scoping/public information document.
ASMFC Policy Board Adjourns
2024 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Risk Assessment
Review final report.
2025 Spiny Dogfish Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted 2025 specifications and management
measures, and recommend changes if necessary.
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species Separation Requirements
Amendment Final Action
Review report from Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species
Separation Requirements Amendment Implementation Issues Workshop.
Take up postponed motion to consider Alternative 5 as the preferred
Amendment alternative.
Select Council preferred alternative and take final action.
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2025-2029 Council Research Priorities
Review and approve the 2025-2029 Council Research Priorities.
2025 Implementation Plan
Review and approve the 2025 Implementation Plan.
Butterfish Mesh Requirements
Review recommendations from the Law Enforcement Committee and
staff.
Consider adopting modifications to butterfish mesh requirements.
Ricks E Savage Award Presentation
Presentation of the 2023 Ricks E Savage Award.
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Manomet's River Herring Portal
Staff from Manomet will present the results of a Council-funded
project to develop a hub for river herring and shad run data.
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC), Highly Migratory Species (HMS), Northeast
Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP); 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 these groups 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) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action
to address the emergency.
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: November 18, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-27371 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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