[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33236-33237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB170]


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 Research 
Steering Committee (RSC) will hold a series of four workshops to 
potentially redevelop the research set-aside (RSA) program.

DATES: The first three workshops will be held via webinar on Thursday, 
July 15, Tuesday, August 31, and Thursday, October 14, 2021, all 
beginning at 10 a.m. and concluding by 4 p.m. The fourth workshop will 
be held in-person at a to be determined date and time in the late fall. 
For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The first three workshops will be held via webinar and the 
final meeting will be an in-person workshop in the late fall. Details 
on the 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; phone: (302) 526-
5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Council is hosting a series of 4 
workshops (3 webinars and 1 in-person meeting) to develop 
recommendations for the possible redevelopment of the RSA program. Each 
webinar will target a separate topic related to RSA (research, funding, 
and enforcement). The Scientific and Statistical Committee Economic 
Working Group will work collaboratively with the Council's RSC to 
provide economic input specific to each webinar topic, as well as 
develop meeting reports and briefing materials for the in-person 
workshop in the fall. During the final in-person workshop, participants 
will review the recommendations from the first three webinars and 
develop final recommendations for RSA program redevelopment. Workshop 
participants will include a core group of individuals who will be 
invited to attend all four workshops. Staff may solicit additional 
participants with topic-specific expertise to participate in each 
workshop. All workshops will be open to the public.

Special Accommodations

    The meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Kathy Collins at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office, 
(302) 526-5253, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: June 21, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-13386 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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