[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 208 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 60222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-23761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB529]


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 (MAFMC's) 
Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) Working Group will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, November 19, 2021, from 9 
a.m. to 11 a.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the 
proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will 
be posted at the MAFMC's website: https://www.mafmc.org/council-events.
    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 purpose of this meeting is for the NTAP 
Working Group to review the goals and objectives of NTAP 2021 and 2022 
research and discuss approaches for restrictor experiment research. The 
restrictor experiment research will include a discussion of target 
species, site selection, and the paired tow approach. Then, the NTAP 
working group will develop talking points for a full NTAP update and 
discuss other business.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Mid-Atlantic Council 
Office, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

    Dated: October 27, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-23761 Filed 10-29-21; 8:45 am]
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