[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41548-41549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16338]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XF082]


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, September 9, 2025, starting 
at 10:30 a.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10, 
2025. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

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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 
updated stock projections and the most recent survey and fishery data 
and make 2026-2027 Acceptable Biological Catch (ABC) recommendations 
for Spiny Dogfish. The SSC will receive an update on the Council's 
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment and an overview of the different 
habitat tools and applications that have been developed to support the 
Council's habitat initiatives. The SSC will also receive an overview of 
recent and upcoming activities for the Marine Recreational Information 
Program (MRIP) and an update on the Northeast commercial port sampling 
program. The SSC will discuss research activities, science 
implications, and fishery interactions associated with offshore wind in 
the Mid-Atlantic. The SSC will also discuss outcomes from the July SSC 
meeting. 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: August 22, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-16338 Filed 8-25-25; 8:45 am]
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