[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 130 (Monday, July 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55921-55922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE073]


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 Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, starting at 
9:30 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2024. 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 at the Le M[eacute]ridien 
Philadelphia, 1421 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA, or virtually via Webex 
webinar. 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 Golden 
Tilefish, Black Sea Bass, Butterfish, and Atlantic Surfclam based on 
the results of the recently completed management track stock 
assessments and peer review. The SSC will recommend new 2025-27 ABC 
specifications for Golden Tilefish, new 2025 ABC recommendations for 
Black Sea Bass, new 2025-26 ABC recommendations for Butterfish, and 
review existing 2025-26 ABCs and

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recommend new 2027-28 ABCs for Atlantic Surfclam. The SSC will review 
the most recent fishery data for Blueline Tilefish and make a 2025 ABC 
recommendation. The SSC will review the most recent survey and fishery 
data and the previously recommended 2025 ABC for Bluefish, Summer 
Flounder, and Scup. The SSC will review and finalize the draft report 
developed by an SSC sub-group to address the Terms of Reference 
regarding the Recreational Measures Setting Framework/Addenda. The SSC 
will also receive the results of updated Surfclam genetics research. 
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: July 2, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-14934 Filed 7-5-24; 8:45 am]
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