[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 4281]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01250]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD660]


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 and New England Fishery Management Councils 
(Councils) will hold a public meeting of their joint Northeast Trawl 
Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, February 8, 2024, from 9 
a.m. to 5 p.m., EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be conducted in person with a virtual 
option available.
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Westin Arlington 
Gateway, 801 North Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22203; telephone: (703) 
717-6200. Webinar registration details will be posted to the calendar 
at www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.
    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 Councils' Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel 
will meet to review recent developments related to relevant fishery 
surveys, the Industry Based Multispecies Bottom Trawl Survey white 
paper, and Henry B. Bigelow bottom trawl survey contingency plan next 
steps. The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel will also discuss topics 
related to survey redesign and mitigation, receive an update on the 
restrictor rope research manuscript and discuss potential expansion of 
that work, as well as brainstorm future research projects.

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, (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days 
prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 18, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-01250 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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