[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18431]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD285]


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) 
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 
starting at 10 a.m. and continuing through 1 p.m. on Wednesday, 
September 13, 2023. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: 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 or virtually via Webex 
webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials will be 
available at: www.mafmc.org/ssc.
    Meeting address: Royal Sonesta Harbor Court Baltimore, 550 Light 
Street, Baltimore, MD.
    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 discuss 
recent research that evaluates the science implications and fishery 
interactions associated with offshore wind development. The SSC will 
receive an update on the Council's development of the Recreational 
Measures Setting Process Framework, including anticipated model 
development and management strategy evaluation analysis to support the 
action. The SSC will review and provide feedback on the updated Scup 
discard report and Gear Restricted Area (GRA) analysis. The SSC will 
get an overview of the Northeast commercial port sampling program and 
an update on Atlantic Mackerel management track stock assessment and 
projection scenarios. The SSC will also receive updates from the SSC 
ecosystem work group and the SSC overfishing limit (OFL) coefficient of 
variation (CV) sub-group. 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

    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: August 22, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18431 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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