Notice2025-03641
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
March 7, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (Council) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (Commission) Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Advisory Panels.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 11516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03641]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE701]
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 (Council) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory
Panel will hold a public meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States
Marine Fisheries Commission's (Commission) Summer Flounder, Scup and
Black Sea Bass and Bluefish Advisory Panels.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m., ET. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
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
Advisory Panels to discuss the proposed Recreational Sector Separation
and Data Collection Amendment to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black
Sea Bass and Bluefish Fishery Management Plans (FMPs). The purpose of
the planned amendment is to consider options for managing for-hire
recreational fisheries separately from other recreational fishing modes
(referred to as sector separation), as well as options related to the
collection and use of recreational data, such as private angler
reporting and enhanced for-hire vessel trip reporting requirements. The
Council and Commission are conducting scoping for this action in late
February through mid-March. Advisor feedback as well as the scoping
comments will help inform the Council and Commission when discussing
the scope of the amendment and next steps during their joint April 2025
meeting.
The Public Information/Scoping Document is available on the action
webpage at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/actions/recreational-sector-separation-and-data-collection-amendment">https://www.mafmc.org/actions/recreational-sector-separation-and-data-collection-amendment</a>. This document provides a
broad overview of the issues identified for consideration in the
amendment, management approaches that may be considered, and a series
of questions to guide public comment. The Advisory Panels will receive
an overview of the issues described in the document and provide
comments and recommendations to the Council and Commission.
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: March 3, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-03641 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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