[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52936-52937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18596]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC299]


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 Protected 
Resources Committee will hold a public meeting via webinar.

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DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2022, from 
1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the agenda, 
webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials will be posted at the 
MAFMC's website: www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management 
Council's Protected Resources Committee will meet to review materials 
for phase two of the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan which 
focuses on reducing the risk of entanglement to right, humpback, and 
fin whales in U.S. East Coast gillnet, Atlantic mixed species trap/pot, 
and Mid-Atlantic lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. The 
measures developed in phase two of this plan have the potential to 
impact several Council managed fisheries and the Protected Resources 
Committee will develop recommendations and guidance for the Council's 
representation on the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Team. This 
team is making final recommendations at their September 19 and 22, 2022 
meetings. The Protected Resources Committee will also review and 
provide comments on the proposed North Atlantic Right Whale Vessel 
Strike Reduction Rule. The Committee may address other protected 
resources issues as they arise.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 24, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-18596 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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