[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76456-76457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE286]


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) Summer 
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel will hold a public 
meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
Summer Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024, from 3 
p.m. until 4:30 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information 
will be posted 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; 
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 purpose of this meeting is for the 
Advisory Panel to review and provide comments on the draft Summer 
Flounder Commercial Mesh Size Exemptions Framework/Addendum. The review 
will cover the alternatives under consideration and a preliminary

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overview of public comments collected during the previous public 
comment period. The document includes proposed revisions to two 
exemptions related to the summer flounder commercial minimum mesh size 
requirements: (1) the Small Mesh Exemption Program (SMEP), and (2) the 
flynet exemption. The Advisory Panel will provide input and 
recommendations to the Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board (Board) on 
the draft alternatives prior to the Council and Board taking final 
action at the Commission's Annual Meeting in October.
    Additional information, including background documents, can be 
found on the Council's website at: https://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: September 12, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-21128 Filed 9-17-24; 8:45 am]
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