[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56314-56315]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15000]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE077]


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
webinar meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 9 
a.m. until 1 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information 
will be posted 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 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar to discuss management 
measures for all three species. The objectives of this meeting are for 
the Monitoring Committee to: (1) Review recent stock assessment 
information, fishery performance, and recommendations from the Advisory 
Panel, Scientific and Statistical Committee, and staff; (2) Recommend 
2025 commercial and recreational annual catch limits, annual catch 
targets, commercial quotas, and recreational harvest limits for black 
sea bass; (3) review previously specified 2025 catch and landings 
limits for summer flounder and scup, and recommend changes if 
warranted; (4) Review commercial management measures for all three 
species and

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recommend changes if needed; and (5) receive an update on the framework 
action/addendum to modify the commercial summer flounder mesh exemption 
programs. Meeting materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org.

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 3, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-15000 Filed 7-8-24; 8:45 am]
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