Notice2025-20024
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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Published
November 17, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold five public hearings (one in-person, four webinars) and accept written comments regarding an action to revise Essential Fish Habitat designations.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 219 (Monday, November 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 51304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20024]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XF318]
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 hearings and request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold five
public hearings (one in-person, four webinars) and accept written
comments regarding an action to revise Essential Fish Habitat
designations.
DATES: The hearings will be held between Tuesday, December 2, 2025 and
Tuesday, February 3, 2026. Written comments must be received by
Wednesday, February 11, 2026. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for
details, including the dates and times for all hearings.
ADDRESSES:
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N.
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
<a href="https://www.mafmc.org">https://www.mafmc.org</a>.
Written comments may be submitted to:
<bullet> Email to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#543e373b353f38312d1439353239377a3b2633"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93f9f0fcf2f8fff6ead3fef2f5fef0bdfce1f4">[email protected]</span></a> (use subject ``EFH
Amendment'').
<bullet> Via webform at: <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/comments/efh-amendment">https://www.mafmc.org/comments/efh-amendment</a>.
<bullet> Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201,
Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ``EFH Amendment.''
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302)
526-5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council will hold five public hearings
and accept written comments regarding an action to revise Essential
Fish Habitat designations for 14 of the Council's managed fish species.
Hearing 1--Webinar: Tuesday, December 2, 2025. 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Hearing 2--Webinar: Tuesday, December 9, 2025. 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Hearing 3--Webinar: Tuesday, January 6, 2026. 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Hearing 4--Webinar: Tuesday, January 13, 2026. 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
and,
Hearing 5--In person: Tuesday, February 3, 2026. 6:30 p.m. until 9
p.m. Westin Crystal City, 1800 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202.
More specific details for the hearings can be found on the
Council's website calendar or at <a href="https://www.mafmc.org/actions/omnibus-efh-amendment">https://www.mafmc.org/actions/omnibus-efh-amendment</a>.
Written comments are accepted at the hearings or via the submission
methods described above until Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids
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 13, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-20024 Filed 11-14-25; 8:45 am]
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