National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) of the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold a meeting.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. E.T. See
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for agenda details.
ADDRESSES:
This meeting will take place over webinar using the Webex platform with a telephone-only connection option. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials 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 make multi-year acceptable biological catch (ABC) recommendations for Longfin Squid. The SSC will make ABC recommendations for the 2027-2029 fishing years using information from the recently completed research track and management track stock assessment reviews. 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
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.
www.mafmc.org/ssc
16 U.S.C. 1801