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

The Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils (Councils) will hold a public meeting of their joint Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel.

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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 and New England Fishery Management Councils (Councils) will hold a public meeting of their joint Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2024, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

This meeting will be conducted in person with a virtual option available.

Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the New Bedford Port Authority, 123 MacArthur Dr., New Bedford, MA 02740; telephone: (508) 961-3000.

Webinar registration details 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 Councils' Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel will meet to review recent developments related to relevant fishery surveys, the Research to Rule infographic, and discuss potential next steps and future application of the recently completed restrictor rope research. The Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel will also discuss offshore wind and the ongoing effort to design an Industry Based Multispecies Bottom Trawl Survey pilot project. They will also take a tour of the Vineyard Wind South Terminal.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids 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: June 17, 2024.

Diane M. DeJames-Daly,

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

[FR Doc. 2024-13664 Filed 6-20-24; 8:45 am]

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