[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21097-21098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07695]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB947]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings 
and Request for Comments

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meetings and request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold five public hearings (including one webinar) and accept written 
comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the Atlantic mackerel 
stock.

DATES: The hearings will be held between April 25, 2022 and May 2, 
2022. Written comments must be received by May 9, 2022. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details, including the dates and times 
for all hearings.

ADDRESSES: See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for hearing details.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
www.mafmc.org.
    Written comments may be submitted to:
     Email to: [email protected] (use subject ``Mackerel 
Rebuilding'').
     Via webform at: https://www.mafmc.org/comments/mackerel-rebuilding.
     Mail to: Chris Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 North State Street, Suite 201, 
Dover, DE 19901. Mark the outside of the envelope ``Mackerel 
Rebuilding.''

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 hold five public hearings 
and accept written comments regarding an action intended to rebuild the 
Atlantic mackerel stock. Potential management measures include 
commercial quotas, recreational bag limits, a 3-inch commercial minimum 
mesh requirement, and permitting clarifications. The action would also 
continue to set a river herring and shad catch cap for the mackerel 
fishery. A public hearing document with additional details can be found 
at https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment.

Hearing 1--New Bedford, Massachusetts, Monday, April 25, 2022, 6 p.m.-9 
p.m., Fairfield Inn and Suites, 185 MacArthur Drive, New Bedford, MA 
02740, phone: (774) 634-2000;
Hearing 2--Plymouth, Massachusetts, Tuesday, April 26, 2022, 6 p.m.-9 
p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 4 Home Depot Drive, Plymouth, MA 02360, phone: 
(508) 830-0200;
Hearing 3--Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, 6 
p.m.-8 p.m., Urban Forestry Center. 45 Elwyn Rd, Portsmouth, NH 03801; 
phone: (603) 431-6774;
Hearing 4--Brunswick, Maine, Thursday, April 28, 2022, 5:30 p.m.-8 
p.m., Curtis Memorial Library (Morrell Meeting Room), 23 Pleasant 
Street, Brunswick, ME 04011, phone: (207) 725-5242; and
Hearing 5--Webinar: Monday, May 2, 2022, 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Connection 
details can be found at the Council's website calendar or https://www.mafmc.org/actions/atlantic-mackerel-rebuilding-amendment.

    Written comments are accepted at the hearings or via the submission 
methods described above, by May 9, 2022.

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.


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    Dated: April 6, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-07695 Filed 4-8-22; 8:45 am]
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