[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 218 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 68132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC526]


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 Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) Committee and Advisory 
Panel (AP) of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) 
will hold a joint meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda 
details.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2022, from 9 
a.m. to 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar 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.
    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: The purpose of this meeting is for the EOP 
Committee and AP to begin a comprehensive review of the Council's 
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) risk assessment. The 
Council completed the initial risk assessment in 2017 to provide a 
snapshot of the current risks to meeting management objectives and 
helps the Council decide where to focus resources to address priority 
ecosystem considerations. This comprehensive review will allow the 
Council to evaluate new and existing objectives and risk elements and 
consider new information and analyses that are available to help update 
the risk assessment. It is anticipated the review will be completed in 
the fall of 2023.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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: November 7, 2022.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-24631 Filed 11-10-22; 8:45 am]
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