[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 126 (Thursday, July 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 29532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12478]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XF021]


Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Mid-
Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, starting at 
9:30 a.m. and continue through 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 24, 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 Courtyard 
Philadelphia Downtown 1421 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 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 
Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Illex Squid based 
on the results of the recently completed management track stock 
assessments and peer review. The SSC will recommend new 2026-2027 ABC 
specifications for Bluefish, Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 
and new 2026-2028 ABC recommendations for Illex Squid. The SSC will 
review and provide feedback on the draft Ecosystem and Socioeconomic 
Profile Snapshot for Black Sea Bass. The SSC will also review and 
finalize the draft white paper developed by an SSC sub-group on the 
scientific considerations of sector-specific Overfishing Limits (OFLs)/
ABCs for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass. 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

    These meetings are 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 1, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-12478 Filed 7-2-25; 8:45 am]
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