[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 44112]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14626]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD139]


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
webinar meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 27, 2023, from 9 a.m. 
until 3 p.m. EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information 
will be posted to the calendar prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; 
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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar to discuss management 
measures for all three species. The objectives of this meeting are for 
the Monitoring Committee to: (1) Review recent stock assessment 
information, fishery performance, and recommendations from the Advisory 
Panel, Scientific and Statistical Committee, and staff; (2) Recommend 
commercial and recreational annual catch limits, annual catch targets, 
commercial quotas, and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder 
and scup for 2024-25, and for black sea bass for 2024; (3) Review 
commercial management measures for all three species and recommend 
changes if needed; and (4) review and provide feedback on an evaluation 
of commercial scup discards through 2022. Meeting materials will be 
posted to www.mafmc.org.

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: July 6, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-14626 Filed 7-10-23; 8:45 am]
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