[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 73588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23683]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XD488]


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 Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Monitoring Committee will hold a public 
meeting.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Monday, November 13, 2023, starting 
at 1 p.m. and continuing through 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 
2023. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This will be an in-person meeting with a virtual option. 
Monitoring Committee members, other invited meeting participants, and 
members of the public will have the option to participate in person at 
the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA, 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: The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea 
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet to discuss 2024-2025 recreational 
management measures for summer flounder and scup and 2024 recreational 
management measures for black sea bass. The Monitoring Committee will 
follow the process prescribed in the fishery management plan to 
recommend the percent change in harvest the measures should achieve for 
each species. The Monitoring Committee will also recommend the 
appropriate coastwide or federal waters recreational management 
measures (e.g., possession limits, fish size limits, seasons) for all 
three species. The Monitoring Committee will also discuss and provide 
recommendations on the commercial summer flounder minimum mesh 
regulations and exemptions (i.e., minimum mesh size regulations, Small 
Mesh Exemption Program, and the flynet exemption), and review any 
analyses conducted by staff and a contractor as well as feedback 
received from industry.

Special Accommodations

    The 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.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: October 23, 2023.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-23683 Filed 10-25-23; 8:45 am]
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