[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68399-68400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19115]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE222]


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 Wednesday, September 11, 2024, 
starting at 10 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on Thursday, September 
12, 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 Hyatt Place Inner 
Harbor, 511 South Central Ave., Baltimore, MD, 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 review the 
most recent survey and fishery data and

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the previously recommended 2025 Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) for 
Atlantic Mackerel and Spiny Dogfish. The SSC will provide feedback and 
direction on the Council's draft 2025-2029 research priorities 
document. The SSC will also receive an overview of recent and upcoming 
activities for the Marine Recreational Information Program (MRIP). The 
SSC will discuss research activities, science implications and fishery 
interactions associated with offshore wind development in the Mid-
Atlantic. The SSC will also discuss outcomes from the July SSC meeting 
and the key takeaways from the 8th National Scientific Coordination 
Sub-Committee Workshop. 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: August 21, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-19115 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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