[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 164 (Friday, August 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 48125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18483]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB354]


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 (Council) will 
convene a public peer review meeting consisting of members of the 
Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, September 20, 2021, starting 
at 10 a.m. and continue through 4 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting 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: http://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 will convene a peer review panel 
consisting of members of the Council's SSC to review potential two 
recreational management models. These two models, a recreational fleet 
dynamics model and an economic recreational demand model, are being 
considered for use by the Council's Fishery Management Action Team 
(FMAT) and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's (ASMFC) 
Plan Development Team (PDT) that are developing analyses, materials, 
and alternatives for the Council and ASMFC Recreational Reform 
Initiative. The potential use of these models would be part of the 
development of a Harvest Control Rule currently being considered as one 
component of the Recreational Reform action. The peer review will help 
identify potential benefits, uncertainties, and appropriate approaches 
and considerations of each model for use by the FMAT/PDT.
    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 Shelley Spedden, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior 
to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 24, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-18483 Filed 8-26-21; 8:45 am]
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