[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24389-24390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08375]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC938]


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, starting at 
9:30 a.m. and continue through 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. 
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

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ADDRESSES: 
    Meeting address: This will be an in-person meeting with a virtual 
option. SSC members, other invited meeting participants, and members of 
the public will have the option to participate in person at the Hilton 
Baltimore Harbor Point, 1215 Wills Street, Baltimore, MD, or virtually 
via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing 
materials 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 the 
most recent survey and fishery data and the previously recommended 2024 
Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) for Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, 
Butterfish, Chub Mackerel, Golden Tilefish, and Blueline Tilefish. The 
SSC will also receive an introductory overview of the recently peer 
reviewed Spiny Dogfish and Bluefish research track stock assessment 
information. The Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office will give 
an overview on the development and peer review outcomes for the Mid-
Atlantic/New England Catch Accounting and Monitoring System (CAMS). The 
SSC will also develop guidance for Council consideration on constant/
average ABC recommendations and possible updates to the overfishing 
limit (OFL) coefficient of variation (CV) guidance document. 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

    These meetings are 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 17, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-08375 Filed 4-19-23; 8:45 am]
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