[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 78 (Thursday, April 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17244-17245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07095]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE871]


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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 Tuesday, May 13, 2025, starting at 
9:30 a.m. and continue through 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. 
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 Royal Sonesta 
Harbor Court, 550 Light Street, 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 make 
multi-year acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommendations for 
Blueline Tilefish and Chub Mackerel. The SSC will recommend new 2026-
2028 ABC specifications for Blueline Tilefish based on updated stock 
assessment results and recommendations from a joint Mid-Atlantic and 
South Atlantic Blueline Tilefish SSC Working Group. The SSC will 
recommend new 2026-2028 ABC specifications for Chub Mackerel based on 
updated catch and survey information. The SSC will also review the most 
recent survey and fishery data and the previously recommended 2026 ABC 
for Atlantic Surfclam, Ocean Quahog, Golden Tilefish, Butterfish, and 
Longfin Squid. The SSC will discuss the activities and future products 
of the Overfishing Limit (OFL) Coefficient of Variation (CV) sub-group 
and the sector-specific OFL/ABC white paper sub-group. The SSC will 
also discuss the final recommendations and Mid-Atlantic action items 
developed 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.

[[Page 17245]]

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: April 21, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-07095 Filed 4-23-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P