Notice2025-20080

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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November 18, 2025

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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 with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee.

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 51658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20080]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XF257]


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's Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
meeting with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 10 
a.m.-4 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information 
will be posted to the Council's calendar prior to the meeting at 
<a href="https://www.mafmc.org">https://www.mafmc.org</a>.
    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>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive 
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: (302) 
526-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring 
Committee will meet with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical 
Committee via webinar on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, from 10 a.m. until 
4 p.m. During this meeting, the Monitoring and Technical Committee 
will: (1) review recent recreational fishery information for all three 
species, including Recreation Demand Model predictions of 2026 harvest 
under 2025 measures; (2) determine the percent change in expected 
harvest required for each species for 2026-2027 under the Percent 
Change Approach; (3) for summer flounder and black sea bass, recommend 
use of coastwide measures or conservation equivalency and associated 
measures for 2026-2027 (i.e., preferred or non-preferred coastwide 
measures; precautionary default measures); (4) for scup, recommend 
2026-2027 Federal waters recreational measures; and (5) discuss 
considerations for adjustments to state measures as needed.
    The meeting is 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. 2025-20080 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P


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