[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 6140]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02285]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB769]


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 Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) Committee and Advisory 
Panel (AP) of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) 
will hold a joint meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 
details.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 24, 2022, from 1 
p.m. through 2:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. Details on how to connect to the webinar by 
computer and by telephone will be available at: 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 this meeting is for the EOP 
Committee and AP to provide feedback and input on a research project 
the Council is collaborating on with a research team from Rutgers 
University. The project is developing forecast models to predict short-
term (1-10 years) climate-induced distribution changes for four 
economically important Mid and South Atlantic managed species (summer 
flounder, spiny dogfish, Illex squid, and gray triggerfish). Short-term 
projections should provide for greater management utility and 
application since most management considerations and decisions operate 
at similar timescales. A forecast model has been completed for summer 
flounder and the research team will present on model development and 
initial/draft results and outputs. The EOP Committee and AP will 
provide feedback on the model outputs and their potential utility and 
offer input on future project direction and next steps.
    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: January 31, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-02285 Filed 2-2-22; 8:45 am]
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