Notice2025-18207
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
September 19, 2025
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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 and its Executive Committee.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 180 (Friday, September 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45192-45193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18207]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF087]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will
hold public meetings of the Council and its Executive Committee.
DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, October 7 through Thursday,
October 9, 2025. 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 Notary
Hotel Philadelphia (21 North Juniper Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) or
virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and
briefing materials will be available at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/october-2025">https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/october-2025</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, October 7th
Executive Committee (Closed Session)
Review 2025 Ricks E Savage Award nominations
Executive Committee (Open Session)
Review draft deliverables of 2026 Implementation Plan
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Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting Framework Meeting #1
Review current reporting requirements and recommendations from the 2024
program evaluation
Provide guidance on preliminary draft alternatives
Merine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)
Review recent program actions, including Fishing Effort Survey (FES)
improvements
Mackerel Rebuilding and 2026-2027 Specifications Framework, Including
River Herring and Shad Cap: Meeting #1
Review draft alternatives
Adopt range of alternatives for further development and analysis
Wednesday, October 8th
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment
Review and approve public hearing document
Gear Marking/On-Demand Gear Framework
Update from Plan Development Team/Fishery Management Action Team (PDT/
FMAT)
Consider final action
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Joint MAFMC-NEFMC Spiny Dogfish Framework (Including Accountability
Measures Modifications and 2026-2027 Specifications) Meeting #2: Final
Action
Review joint Committee recommendations
Review recommendations from the Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Select preferred alternatives and take final action
Joint NEFMC-MAFMC Monkfish Specifications Framework: Final Action
Review New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) actions
Review joint Committee recommendations
Review recommendations from the NEFMC SSC, Plan Development Team (PDT),
and Advisory Panel
Select preferred alternatives and take final action
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New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) Omnibus Management
Flexibility Amendment: Monkfish Provisions
Review the monkfish sections of the Omnibus and NEFMC's preferred
alternatives
Select preferred monkfish alternatives and take final action
Habitat Activities Update--Greater Regional Fisheries Office (GARFO)
Habitat and Ecosystem Services Division
Presentation on activities of interest in the region
Atlantic Coast Regional Fisheries Compensation Program
Updates on development of a regional offshore wind fisheries
compensation program
Thursday, October 9th
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC); 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).
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: September 17, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-18207 Filed 9-18-25; 8:45 am]
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