[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58558-58559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18491]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD286]


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

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; public meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council's (MAFMC) 
Ecosystem and Ocean Planning Advisory Panel and Committee will hold a 
meeting. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

DATES: The meeting will take place from Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 
at 1:30 p.m. to Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: This will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option. 
Advisory Panel and Committee members, other invited meeting 
participants, and members of the public will have the option to 
participate in person at the Royal Sonesta Harbor Court, 550 Light 
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, or virtually via Webex webinar. 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 Ecosystem and Ocean 
Planning Advisory Panel and Committee will review a draft policy/
process for MAFMC review of exempted fishing permit applications for 
species listed as ecosystem components under the MAFMC's Unmanaged 
Forage Omnibus Amendment. The Advisory Panel and Committee will then 
provide

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recommendations to the MAFMC for revisions to or adoption of this 
policy. The Advisory Panel and Committee will also discuss an ongoing 
comprehensive review of the MAFMC Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries 
Management (EAFM) risk assessment. The Advisory Panel and Committee 
will review all components of the risk assessment, including elements, 
definitions, indicators, and risk ranking criteria. They will then 
develop recommendations for MAFMC consideration for revisions to the 
EAFM risk assessment and potential opportunities to apply the risk 
assessment in the management process. A detailed agenda and background 
documents will be made available on the Council's website 
(www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

Special Accommodations

    The meeting is 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: August 23, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18491 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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