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ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold public meetings of the Council and its Executive Committee.
DATES:
The meetings will be held Tuesday, October 7 through Thursday, October 9, 2025. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
.
ADDRESSES:
This meeting will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the public will have the option to participate in person at The Notary Hotel Philadelphia (21 North Juniper Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107) or virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials will be available at:
https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/october-2025.
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, October 7th
Executive Committee (Closed Session)
Review 2025 Ricks E Savage Award nominations
Executive Committee (Open Session)
Review draft deliverables of 2026 Implementation Plan
———LUNCH———
Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting Framework Meeting #1
Review current reporting requirements and recommendations from the 2024 program evaluation
Provide guidance on preliminary draft alternatives
Merine Recreational Information Program (MRIP)
Review recent program actions, including Fishing Effort Survey (FES) improvements
Mackerel Rebuilding and 2026-2027 Specifications Framework, Including River Herring and Shad Cap: Meeting #1
Review draft alternatives
Adopt range of alternatives for further development and analysis
Wednesday, October 8th
Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) Amendment
Review and approve public hearing document
Gear Marking/On-Demand Gear Framework
Update from Plan Development Team/Fishery Management Action Team (PDT/FMAT)
Consider final action
———LUNCH———
Joint MAFMC-NEFMC Spiny Dogfish Framework (Including Accountability Measures Modifications and 2026-2027 Specifications) Meeting #2: Final Action
Review joint Committee recommendations
Review recommendations from the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff
Select preferred alternatives and take final action
Joint NEFMC-MAFMC Monkfish Specifications Framework: Final Action
Review New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) actions
Review joint Committee recommendations
Review recommendations from the NEFMC SSC, Plan Development Team (PDT), and Advisory Panel
Select preferred alternatives and take final action
( printed page 45193)
New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) Omnibus Management Flexibility Amendment: Monkfish Provisions
Review the monkfish sections of the Omnibus and NEFMC's preferred alternatives
Select preferred monkfish alternatives and take final action
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.