[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 21630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-07564]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC900]


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting of the Ecosystem and Ocean Planning (EOP) Advisory Panel 
(AP). See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, April 27, 2023, from 1 
p.m. through 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar with a telephone-
only connection option. Details on how to connect to the meeting 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 AP will be meeting jointly with the EOP 
Committee to continue the comprehensive review of the Council's 
Ecosystem Approach to the Fisheries Management (EAFM) risk assessment. 
The Committee and AP will review and provide feedback on existing and 
potentially new risk elements and their definitions for inclusion in an 
updated risk assessment. Risk elements identify an aspect that may 
threaten achieving the biological, economic, or social objectives that 
the Council desires from a fishery. The risk assessment review will 
continue throughout the year with revised draft risk assessment update 
for Council review and approval anticipated 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: April 6, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-07564 Filed 4-10-23; 8:45 am]
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