[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 38 (Friday, February 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 10775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04037]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB834]


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, starting at 
9:30 a.m. and continue through 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. 
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: www.mafmc.org/ssc.
    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: During this meeting, the SSC will review and 
possibly modify the 2022 acceptable biological catch (ABC) 
recommendations for Illex squid based on updated analysis and work 
products developed as part of an ongoing Council contract to evaluate 
recent changes to the fishery and stock dynamics. The SSC will also 
provide 2023-24 Atlantic Mackerel rebuilding ABC recommendations for 
different Council rebuilding alternatives and previous SSC guidance on 
stock projections. The SSC will also review the most recent survey and 
fishery data and the previously recommended 2023 ABC for Golden and 
Blueline Tilefish. The SSC will also review and provide feedback on the 
most recent Mid-Atlantic State of the Ecosystem report, other Ecosystem 
Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) related activities, and the 
work plan of the SSC's Ecosystem Work Group. The SSC will discuss and 
develop a plan to address the Council's motion for SSC input regarding 
the Council's Recreational Harvest Control Rule management action. In 
addition, the SSC will receive an update on the activities and future 
products of the Economic Work Group. The SSC may take up any other 
business as necessary.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    These meetings are 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: February 22, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-04037 Filed 2-24-22; 8:45 am]
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