[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 48 (Monday, March 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 14318]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05301]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA926]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Workshop

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public workshops.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold three regional public webinar workshops to solicit input on future 
management of the recreational summer flounder fishery and strategies 
to minimize discards.

DATES: The regional webinar workshops will be held between March 29 and 
April 5, 2021. Each workshop will be held from 5:30 p.m. through 8 
p.m., EST. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more details, including 
the dates and times for all regional workshops.

ADDRESSES: These workshops will take place over webinar using the WebEx 
platform with a telephone-only connection option. Details on how to 
connect to the webinar by computer and by telephone will be available 
at: https://www.mafmc.org/.
    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 is collecting stakeholder 
feedback and suggestions regarding current and future management of the 
recreational summer flounder fishery. Public input provided will help 
inform the development of a management strategy evaluation (MSE) which 
will evaluate different management strategies designed to minimize 
discards in the recreational summer flounder fishery. This MSE is part 
of the Council's continued implementation of its Ecosystem Approach to 
Fisheries Management (EAFM) structured framework process that will 
evaluate different management approaches within an ecosystem context to 
determine if the outcomes associated with the different approaches 
achieve management goals and objectives. Workshop participants will 
listen to a series of short background presentations and will then 
participate in an MSE workshop to provide input and feedback regarding 
summer flounder discard concerns, potential management objectives to 
address these concerns, and performance metrics and strategies to 
achieve these objectives.
    The dates and times of the three webinar workshops are listed 
below. Individuals are encouraged to participate in the workshop for 
their region; however, all workshops are open to all individuals.
    1. Massachusetts through Connecticut: Monday, March 29, 2021; 5:30 
p.m.-8 p.m.
    2. New York through Delaware: Wednesday, March 31, 2021; 5:30 p.m.-
8 p.m.
    3. Maryland through North Carolina: Monday, April 5, 2021; 5:30 
p.m.-8 p.m.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the workshops.

Special Accommodations

    These workshops are physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aid should be directed to Kathy Collins, (302) 526-5253, at 
least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: March 10, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-05301 Filed 3-12-21; 8:45 am]
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