[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 12, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 27993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10114]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA157]


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
webinar meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 28, 2020, from 9 a.m. 
to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed 
at: http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb-mc-may2020/. Meeting audio can 
be accessed by following the prompts which appear after logging into 
the webinar, or via telephone by dialing 1-800-832-0736 and entering 
room number 5068871.
    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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar to discuss management 
measures for all three species. Specifically, they will discuss the 
ongoing Recreational Reform Initiative which considers potential 
improvements to the process used to develop recreational management 
measures. They will also discuss potential changes to the February 2021 
black sea bass recreational fishery to account for recent revisions to 
recreational data. They may also discuss topics related to commercial 
management measures, including but not limited to the minimum trawl 
mesh sizes for all three species and an evaluation of commercial scup 
discards. Meeting materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office (302) 526-5251 at least five days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: May 7, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-10114 Filed 5-11-20; 8:45 am]
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