[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 69172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD448]


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 Monday, October 30, 2023 from 10 
a.m. through 5 p.m. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar using the Webex 
platform with a telephone-only connection option. Webinar connection 
instructions and briefing materials will be available at: 
www.mafmc.org/ssc.
    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 make 
multi-year acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommendations for Spiny 
Dogfish and Atlantic Mackerel based on the results of the recently 
completed management track stock assessments and peer review. The SSC 
will recommend new 2024-2026 ABC specifications for Spiny Dogfish. The 
SSC will also review, and potentially revise, their preliminary 2024-
2025 ABC recommendations for Atlantic Mackerel based on the peer review 
results, updated stock projections, and additional guidance from the 
Council.
    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: September 29, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-22121 Filed 10-4-23; 8:45 am]
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