[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 64772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-23332]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC492]


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.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 14, 2022, from 9 
a.m. to 12 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 
resulting from their data request to the Atlantic Large Whale Take 
Reduction Team (ALWTRT) and discuss potential sets of measures. The 
ALWTRT is tasked with reducing the risk of entanglement to right whales 
in U.S. East Coast fixed gear fisheries including gillnet, mixed 
species trap/pot, and lobster and Jonah crab trap/pot fisheries. The 
measures developed by the ALWTRT 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 ALWTRT. The ALWTRT is currently scheduled to make final 
recommendations at their December 1-2 meeting, however this may be 
subject to change. 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: October 21, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-23332 Filed 10-25-22; 8:45 am]
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