[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 65 (Friday, April 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 18920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07011]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA102]


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) 
Research Steering Committee (RSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, beginning 
at 9 a.m. and conclude by 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the 
proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will 
be posted at the MAFMC's website: www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
www.mafmc.org.

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 RSC meeting is to 
discuss initial re-development of the research set-aside (RSA) program. 
The RSC will also discuss workshop logistics, a range of topics/options 
for the workshop, next steps and collaboration with the Atlantic States 
Marine Fisheries Commission, and other business. The Committee's 
recommendations will be presented at a subsequent Council Meeting with 
the goal of hosting an RSA workshop in September 2020.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 31, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-07011 Filed 4-2-20; 8:45 am]
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