[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 173 (Friday, September 4, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55259-55260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19632]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA429]


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) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) and the Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panels will hold a public webinar meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 22, 2020, from 9 
a.m. to 12 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. Details on how to connect to the webinar by 
computer and by telephone will be available at: http://www.mafmc.org/ssc.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
website: 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 Council's EOP and Summer Flounder, Scup, 
and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panels will be meeting with the Atlantic 
States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and 
Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel. The purpose of the meeting is to 
introduce advisory panel members to goals, process, and expectations 
associated with conducting a management strategy evaluation (MSE). 
Later this year, the Council will begin conducting an MSE as part of 
its Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) structured 
decision framework that will evaluate the biological and economic

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benefits of management alternatives to minimize discards in the 
recreational summer flounder fishery. Advisory panel members will 
listen to a series of background presentations on the EAFM process and 
an introduction to MSE and will then participate in a mock MSE 
stakeholder workshop using an example recreational issue to solicit 
feedback and input on management objectives.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aid should 
be directed to M. Jan Saunders, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: September 1, 2020.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-19632 Filed 9-3-20; 8:45 am]
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