[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 149 (Friday, August 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 51777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16693]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD223]


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

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, from 9 
a.m. through 11 a.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: During this meeting, the EOP Committee and 
AP will resume their comprehensive review of the Council's Ecosystem 
Approach to the Fisheries Management (EAFM) risk assessment. This 
meeting is a continuation of the July 7, 2023, EOP meeting where the 
Committee and AP will finish providing input on the remaining draft 
risk elements, definitions, and indicators that may be included in an 
updated risk assessment. The EOP Committee and AP will continue their 
review later this summer with an updated risk assessment for Council 
review and consideration 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.

    Dated: August 1, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-16693 Filed 8-3-23; 8:45 am]
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