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

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting jointly with the Atlantic State...

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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 (MAFMC's) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public meeting jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Technical Committee.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2023, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information will be posted to the calendar at www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N. State Street, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The MAFMC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee and ASMFC Technical Committee will meet jointly to discuss several issues in preparation for additional meetings later in 2023 regarding 2024 recreational management measures for black sea bass and 2024-25 recreational measures for scup and summer flounder. During this meeting, the groups will discuss the configuration of the Recreational Demand Model and any potential modifications that may be needed. They will also review the process and timeline for setting recreational measures used for 2023 and consider potential improvements to the process for setting measures for the upcoming fishing year(s).

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to ( printed page 25382) 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, 2023.

Rey Israel Marquez,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2023-08820 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]

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“Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting,” thefederalregister.org (April 26, 2023), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2023-08820/mid-atlantic-fishery-management-council-mafmc-public-meeting.