[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 164 (Thursday, August 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 52371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18351]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC284]


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, September 13, 2022, 
starting at 12:30 p.m. and continue through 12 p.m. on Wednesday, 
September 14, 2022. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Hyatt Place 
Baltimore Inner Harbor, 511 South Central Ave., Baltimore, MD 21202.
    The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format, with options for 
both in-person and webinar participation. 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 make 
acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommendations for spiny dogfish for 
the 2023 fishing year based on the most recent survey data and fishery 
information. The SSC will get an overview of the work products and 
decision support tools developed as part of the Northeast Regional 
Marine Fish Habitat Assessment (NRHA) project. The SSC will receive an 
update from a number of SSC working groups, including: the Ecosystem 
work group, the Economic work group, and the Constant/Average ABC work 
group. The SSC will also receive a presentation on the results and 
findings of the Council's recently completed management strategy 
evaluation on the recreational summer flounder fishery. 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: August 22, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18351 Filed 8-24-22; 8:45 am]
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