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Following the adjournment of official 

business, the Council will host a public 

outreach session to foster open lines of 

communication among Council 

members, staff, industry, and all 

meeting attendees. 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 

The Council will begin the second 

day of its meeting with a presentation 

on the peer-reviewed results of the 

September 2023 Management Track 

Stock Assessments for Acadian redfish, 

Atlantic mackerel, northern and 

southern red hake, the Northeast skate 

complex, northern windowpane 

flounder, and spiny dogfish. Next, the 

Council’s Scientific and Statistical 

Committee will provide overfishing 

limit (OFL) and acceptable allowable 

biological catch (ABC) 

recommendations for Gulf of Maine 

haddock, Acadian redfish, northern and 

southern windowpane flounder, white 

hake, northern and southern red hake, 

northern silver hake, southern whiting 

(silver and offshore hake combined), 

Atlantic sea scallops, and the Northeast 

skate complex. The Skate Committee 

report will follow. The Council will take 

final action on Framework 12 to the 

Northeast Skate Complex Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP), which was 

initiated to develop 2024–2025 fishery 

specifications and measures to expand 

possession of smooth and barndoor 

skates. 

Following the lunch break, the 

Council will take final action on 2024– 

2026 specifications for the small-mesh 

multispecies (whiting) fishery. The 

Council then will hear from the Scallop 

Committee and take final action on 

Scallop Framework 38, which contains 

2024 fishery specifications, 2025 default 

specifications, alternatives for increased 

vessel monitoring system (VMS) polling 

rates near closed area boundaries, and 

other measures. As the last item of 

business for the day, the Council will 

receive an update on a joint scallop/ 

habitat action to potentially authorize 

scallop fishery access to the Habitat 

Closure Area on the Northern Edge of 

Georges Bank. 

Thursday, December 7, 2023 

The Council will lead off the third 

day of its meeting with the Groundfish 

Committee report, which will cover 

three items. First, the Council will take 

final action on Framework Adjustment 

66 to the Northeast Multispecies 

(Groundfish) FMP, which includes (1) 

2024–2025 total allowable catches for 

U.S./Canada shared resources on 

Georges Bank; (2) 2024–2025 

specifications for Georges Bank 

yellowtail flounder, white hake, and 

Gulf of Maine haddock; (3) 2024–2026 

specifications for Acadian redfish, 

northern windowpane, and southern 

windowpane; (4) a revised white hake 

rebuilding plan; (5) Atlantic halibut 

issues; (6) extending removal of the 

sector management uncertainty buffer 

for white hake and Gulf of Maine 

haddock until the next specifications 

cycle; and (7) modification of the 

scallop fishery accountability measure 

for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder for 

fishing years 2024 and 2025. Next, the 

Council will receive a progress report on 

Framework Adjustment 68 to the 

Groundfish FMP, which is being 

developed to revise the ABC control 

rules for groundfish. Finally, the 

Council will receive an update on the 

Atlantic Cod Management Transition 

Plan. 

Following the lunch break, the 

Council will take final action on 2024 

Council Priorities for all fishery 

management plans and other Council 

responsibilities. The Council then will 

close out the meeting with other 

business. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained on this agenda may come 

before the Council for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during these meetings. Council 

action will be restricted to those issues 

specifically listed in this notice and any 

issues arising after publication of this 

notice that require emergency action 

under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act, provided the public 

has been notified of the Council’s intent 

to take final action to address the 

emergency. The public also should be 

aware that the meeting will be recorded. 

Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1852, a copy 

of the recording is available upon 

request. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to Executive Director 

Cate O’Keefe (see ADDRESSES) at least 5 

days prior to the meeting date. 

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

Dated: November 13, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD527] 

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. 

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council’s Summer 

Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass 

Advisory Panel will hold a public 

meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Monday, December 4, 2023, from 3 p.m. 

until 6 p.m. For agenda details, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

via webinar. Connection information 

will be posted prior to the meeting at 

www.mafmc.org. 

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 Advisory Panel will meet to review 

and provided feedback on the 

Monitoring Committee’s 

recommendations for 2024–2025 

recreational management measures for 

summer flounder and scup and 2024 

recreational management measures for 

black sea bass. The Advisory Panel will 

also receive a brief update on the 

Recreational Measures Setting Process 

Framework/Addenda. Additionally, the 

Advisory Panel will review recent 

analysis and stakeholder input 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 provide feedback 

and recommendations on these issues. 

Input provided by the Advisory Panel 

will be considered during the December 

2023 joint meeting of the Mid-Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council and the 

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 

Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, 

and Black Sea Bass Management Board. 


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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: November 13, 2023. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2023–25357 Filed 11–15–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD522] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold meetings of the following: 

Mackerel Cobia Committee, Dolphin 

Wahoo Committee, Snapper Grouper 

Committee, Citizen Science Committee, 

Habitat and Ecosystem Committee, and 

the Southeast Data, Assessment and 

Review (SEDAR) Committee. The 

meeting week will also include a formal 

public comment session and a meeting 

of the Full Council. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held from 8:30 a.m. on Monday, 

December 4, 2023, until 12 p.m. on 

Friday, December 8, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Meeting address: The 

meeting will be held at The Beaufort 

Hotel, 2440 Lennoxville Road, Beaufort, 

NC 28516; phone: (252) 728–3000. The 

meeting will also be available via 

webinar. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 302–8440 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Meeting 

information, including agendas, 

overviews, and briefing book materials 

will be posted on the Council’s website 

at: https://safmc.net/council-meetings/. 

Webinar registration links for the 

meeting will also be available from the 

Council’s website. 

Public comment: Public comment on 

agenda items may be submitted through 

the Council’s online comment form 

available from the Council’s website at: 

https://safmc.net/events/december2023-council-meeting/. Written 

comments will be accepted from 

November 17, 2023, until December 8, 

2023. These comments are accessible to 

the public, part of the Administrative 

Record of the meeting, and immediately 

available for Council consideration. A 

formal public comment session will also 

be held during the Council meeting. 

The items of discussion in the 

individual meeting agendas are as 

follows: 

Council Session I, Monday, December 

4, 2023, 8:30 a.m. Until 12 p.m. (Closed 

Session) 

The Council will meet in Closed 

Session to receive a litigation brief from 

NOAA General Counsel and consider 

appointments to advisory panels, 

workgroups, and the Scientific and 

Statistical Committee (SSC) and SocioEconomic Panel (SEP). 

Council Session I, Monday, December 

4, 2023, 1:30 p.m. Until 5 p.m. 

The Council will receive reports from 

NOAA Office of Law Enforcement, the 

U.S. Coast Guard, Council liaisons, and 

state agencies. The Council will also 

receive a report on Congressional 

activities relative to fisheries and 

reports from recent meetings of the 

Council’s Executive Committee, SSC, 

and Outreach and Communications 

Advisory Panel (AP). 

The Council will receive a 

presentation from NOAA Fisheries on 

the Southeast For-Hire Integrated 

Electronic Reporting (SEFHIER) 

Program and a presentation from NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science 

Center on an update on the reliability of 

commercial discards. 

Mackerel Cobia Committee, Tuesday, 

December 5, 2023, 8:30 a.m. Until 10 

a.m. 

The Committee will receive a report 

from the Mackerel Cobia AP, review 

public scoping comments for 

Amendment 13 to the Coastal Migratory 

Pelagics Fishery Management Plan 

addressing catch level adjustments for 

Spanish mackerel, and receive an 

update on plans to conduct port 

meetings for the mackerel fishery. 

Dolphin Wahoo Committee, Tuesday, 

December 5, 2023, 10 a.m. Until 11 a.m. 

The Committee will receive a report 

from the Dolphin Wahoo AP and an 

update on the Management Strategy 

Evaluation for Dolphin. 

Snapper Grouper Committee, Tuesday, 

December 5, 2023, 11 a.m. Until 5 p.m., 

and Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 

8:30 a.m. Until 3:45 p.m. 

The Committee will receive a briefing 

on Exempted Fishing Permit 

applications, an update on amendments 

to the Snapper Grouper Fishery 

Management Plan under development, a 

System Management Plan Workgroup 

update, and a report from the Wreckfish 

Advisory Group and Sub-Committee 

relative to Amendment 48 addressing 

wreckfish management. The Committee 

will consider recommendations from 

the Snapper Grouper AP for 

Amendment 46 addressing a private 

recreational permit for the snapper 

grouper fishery and consider approving 

the amendment for public hearings. 

The Committee will address 

Regulatory Amendment 36 addressing 

gag and black grouper vessel limits and 

on-demand gear for black sea bass and 

consider approving for public scoping, 

and consider Snapper Grouper AP 

recommendations for Amendment 55 

addressing management measures for 

scamp and yellowmouth grouper. The 

Committee will discuss Regulatory 

Amendment 35 addressing red snapper 

management and re-consider submitting 

the amendment for Secretarial review, 

and discuss yellowtail snapper 

management. The Committee will 

receive an update on Best Fishing 

Practices Outreach and AP 

recommendations on topics not on the 

agenda. 

Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 4 p.m. 

Public comment will be accepted 

from individuals attending the meeting 

in person and via webinar on all items 

on the Council meeting agenda. The 

Council Chair will determine the 

amount of time provided to each 

commenter based on the number of 

individuals wishing to comment. 

Citizen Science Committee, Thursday, 

December 7, 2023, 8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. 

The Committee will review and 

approve updated research priorities for 

the Council’s Citizen Science Program, 

receive an update on the SciFish 

platform and a demonstration, and an 

update on the Citizen Science Program. 

Habitat and Ecosystem Committee, 

Thursday, December 7, 2023, 10:30 a.m. 

Until 12 p.m. 

The Committee will receive a report 

from the Habitat Advisory Panel and 

address plans for the 5-year Essential 

Fish Habitat Review. The Committee 

will receive an update on the Habitat 

Blueprint and review the draft workplan 

and annual report outline. The 


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