[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 9870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03146]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC765]


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 (Council) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, starting at 
9 a.m. and continue through 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar using the Webex 
platform 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/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 review and 
possibly modify the 2023 acceptable biological catch (ABC) 
recommendation and develop 2024-25 ABC recommendations for Illex squid 
based on updated analysis and work products developed to evaluate 
recent changes to the fishery and stock dynamics. The SSC will also 
review and provide feedback on the most recent Mid-Atlantic State of 
the Ecosystem report and the work plan/products of the SSC's Ecosystem 
Work Group. The SSC will review and provide feedback on the utility and 
potential application of the work products developed as part of a 
research project on short-term forecasts of species distributions. The 
SSC will also receive a presentation on the Council supported Ocean 
City, MD recreational video project and on the results and findings of 
the Council's recently completed management strategy evaluation on the 
recreational summer flounder fishery. In addition, the SSC will receive 
an update on the activities and future products of the Economic Work 
Group, OFL CV sub-group, and the constant/average ABC sub-group. 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

    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 9, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-03146 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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