[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 9870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03146]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC765]
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)
Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold a meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, starting at
9 a.m. and continue through 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place over webinar using the Webex
platform with a telephone-only connection option. Details on how to
connect to the webinar by computer and by telephone 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 and
possibly modify the 2023 acceptable biological catch (ABC)
recommendation and develop 2024-25 ABC recommendations for Illex squid
based on updated analysis and work products developed to evaluate
recent changes to the fishery and stock dynamics. The SSC will also
review and provide feedback on the most recent Mid-Atlantic State of
the Ecosystem report and the work plan/products of the SSC's Ecosystem
Work Group. The SSC will review and provide feedback on the utility and
potential application of the work products developed as part of a
research project on short-term forecasts of species distributions. The
SSC will also receive a presentation on the Council supported Ocean
City, MD recreational video project and on the results and findings of
the Council's recently completed management strategy evaluation on the
recreational summer flounder fishery. In addition, the SSC will receive
an update on the activities and future products of the Economic Work
Group, OFL CV sub-group, and the constant/average ABC sub-group. 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
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: February 9, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-03146 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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