[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 74218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20706]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE244]


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 will hold a 
workshop to create a focused discussion on how aspects of alternative 5 
from the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species Separation 
Requirements Amendment would be implemented by the Council and NOAA 
Fisheries.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 2, 2024 
through 3 p.m. Thursday, October 3, 2024. For agenda details, see 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott 
Downtown, 1201 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107; telephone: (215) 
625-6763. The meeting will be partially streamed by webinar for 
portions of the agenda that are held in plenary. Connection information 
will be posted to the calendar prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. 
State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331 or 
on their website at 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 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
will hold a workshop from 1 p.m. Wednesday, October 2 through 3 p.m. 
Thursday, October 3, 2024, to create a focused discussion on how 
aspects of alternative 5 from the Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog 
Species Separation Requirements Amendment would be implemented by the 
Council and NOAA Fisheries. Alternative 5 is one of 6 alternatives in 
the Amendment under consideration by the Council to address the issues 
of mixed catches occurring in the Atlantic surfclam and ocean quahog 
individual transferable quota fisheries. 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 aids 
should be directed to Shelley Spedden at the Council Office, (302) 526-
5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: September 9, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-20706 Filed 9-11-24; 8:45 am]
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