[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 24976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08673]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC934]


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

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, May 15, 2023, from 2 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 posted 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: During this meeting, the EOP Advisory Panel 
will discuss development of a policy/process for MAFMC review of 
exempted fishing permit applications for species listed as ecosystem 
components under the Unmanaged Forage Omnibus Amendment. The Advisory 
Panel will review background information as well as a summary of an 
earlier EOP Committee meeting on the same topic. The Advisory Panel 
will then have the opportunity to provide feedback and input into the 
development of this policy/process. 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 20, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-08673 Filed 4-24-23; 8:45 am]
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