[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19082]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD287]


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)'s Spiny 
Dogfish and Monkfish Committees (Committees) will hold a public 
meeting. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, from 
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Webinar connection, 
agenda items, and any additional information will be available at 
www.mafmc.org/council-events.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their website at 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 purpose of this meeting is for the 
Committees to discuss potential measures to reduce bycatch of Atlantic 
sturgeon in the monkfish and spiny dogfish gillnet fisheries, developed 
from the recommendations in NOAA's Action Plan to Reduce Atlantic 
Sturgeon Bycatch in Federal Large-Mesh Gillnet Fisheries. They will 
also further refine the draft range of alternatives discussed by the 
Councils (NEFMC and MAFMC), to be considered for reducing bycatch of 
Atlantic sturgeon in the monkfish and spiny dogfish gillnet fisheries. 
Other business may be discussed, as necessary.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. 
Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 30, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-19082 Filed 9-1-23; 8:45 am]
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