[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 72213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27611]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB647]


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) 
Research Steering Committee will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, starting 
at 9 a.m. and continue through 12:30 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 purpose of the meeting is for the 
Research Steering Committee to review and provide feedback on the draft 
goals and objectives and a decision-tree document detailing critical 
questions and issues to be considered regarding a potential 
redevelopment of the Council's Research Set-Aside (RSA) program. The 
Committee will also continue to develop the topics and agenda for a 
fourth, and final, planned in-person RSA redevelopment workshop in 
February.
    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: December 16, 2021.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-27611 Filed 12-20-21; 8:45 am]
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