88 FR 140 pgs. 47482-47484 - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 140Pages: 47482 - 47484
Pages: 47482, 47483, 47484Docket number: [RTID 0648-XD178]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-15628 Filed 7-21-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD178]
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meetings.
SUMMARY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council, including joint meetings with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board, the ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program Policy Board, and the ASMFC Bluefish Management Board.
DATES:
The meetings will be held Tuesday, August 8 through Friday, August 11, 2023. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
[top] This meeting will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the public
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State St., 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. The Council's website, www.mafmc.org, also has details on the meeting location, proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and briefing materials.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The following items are on the agenda, although agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be noted on the Council's website when possible.)
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Council Meeting With the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board
Summer Flounder 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Review and revise 2024-2025 commercial measures if needed
Scup 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Review and revise 2024-2025 commercial measures if needed
Scup Commercial Discards Report
Review commercial scup discards through 2022
Review Scup GRA analysis and discuss next steps
Black Sea Bass 2024 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024
Review and revise 2024 commercial measures if needed
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Only
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan
Review
Elect Board vice chair
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Council Meeting With the ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program (ISFMP) Policy Board
Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda 2.0
Review progress and discuss next steps
Council Meeting with the ASMFC Bluefish Management Board
Bluefish 2024-2025 Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025 including recreational management measures
ASMFC Bluefish Board Only
ASMFC Bluefish Fishery Management Plan Review
Elect Board vice chair
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council Convenes
East Coast Scenario Planning Initiative
Review outcomes and discuss MAFMC next steps
NOAA Fisheries Climate Governance Policy
Review NOAA Fisheries draft policy and SSC comments
Develop Council comments
Award Presentations
Presentation of Award of Excellence, Ricks E Savage Award, and acknowledgement of outgoing Council member
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Atlantic Mackerel 2024-2025 Specifications
Review results of 2023 Management Track Assessment and rebuilding progress
Review results of 2023 Canadian assessment/management actions
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2025
Consider emergency action request and/or Framework initiation if appropriate given assessment results
River Herring and Shad (RH/S)
Review RH/S update
Review recommendations from the RH/S Committee, RH/S Advisory Panel,
Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Monitoring Committee, and staff
Adopt RH/S cap (Atlantic mackerel fishery) for 2024-2025
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Electronic Monitoring and Reporting Grant Program-Gray Redding, NFWF
Update on the NFWF electronic monitoring and reporting grant program
Longfin Squid 2024-2026 Specifications
Review results of 2023 Management Track Assessment
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Adopt specifications for 2024-2026
Illex Hold Baseline FW Meeting #1
Review recommendations from the Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Review and approve range of alternatives
Research Set-Aside Program Redevelopment
Update on the redevelopment of the Research Set-Aside program
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR): National Standard 4, 8, and 9 Comments
Review comments developed for NOAA Fisheries related to National Standard 4, 8, and 9
Friday, August 11, 2023
Swearing in of New Council Members and Election of Officers
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC, Ecosystem and Ocean Planning, Highly Migratory Species); Executive Director's Report; Organization Reports; and Liaison Reports
Other Business and General Public Comment
[top] Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c).
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 19, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-15628 Filed 7-21-23; 8:45 am]
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