[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 7951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC728]


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 Thursday, February 23, 2023, from 1 
p.m. through 3 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 provide feedback on the results and future 
application of a research project the Council is collaborating on with 
a research team from Rutgers University. The project developed forecast 
models to predict short-term (1-10 years) climate-induced distribution 
changes for four economically important Mid and South Atlantic managed 
species (Summer Flounder, Spiny Dogfish, Illex Squid, and Gray 
Triggerfish). The forecast model was initially developed, fully tested, 
and evaluated for summer flounder and has been fitted and applied to 
the other three focal species. The EOP Committee and AP will provide 
feedback on the model results, potential model utility, and possible 
future science and management applications. EOP Committee and AP 
feedback, as well as input from the Council's Scientific and 
Statistical Committee (SSC), will be presented to the Council for their 
consideration.
    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: February 1, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-02505 Filed 2-6-23; 8:45 am]
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