[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86788-86789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25395]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE435]


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 (MAFMC) will hold 
a public workshop to collect input on the commercial Scup Gear 
Restricted Areas (GRA). This public workshop will be facilitated by the 
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County-Marine Program to 
incorporate commercial fishing industry involvement in the MAFMC funded 
project, ``Utilizing Collaborative Strategies to Assess and Adapt Scup 
Gear Restricted Areas (GRAs) in Response to Climate Change.''

DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, from 
9:45 a.m. until 3 p.m., EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be conducted in person at three venues 
simultaneously with a virtual option available.
    The meeting locations are:

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    <bullet> Superior Trawl Inc., 55 State Street, Narraganset, RI 
02882, telephone: (401) 782-1171;
    <bullet> Cornell Cooperative Extension, 423 Griffing Avenue, 
Riverhead, NY 11901, telephone: 631-727-7850; and
    <bullet> Lunds Fisheries, 997 Ocean Drive, Cape May, NJ 08204, 
telephone: (609) 884-7600.
    Webinar registration details will be posted to the calendar at 
www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State Street, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council 
in coordination with the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk 
County-Marine Program will sponsor this public meeting to collect 
public input on the current commercial Scup GRAs. Topics discussed at 
the meeting will include scup management history and stock status, 
industry input on socioeconomic impacts of GRAs, primary drivers of 
scup discards and modeling strategies using existing data sources. This 
public meeting is a deliverable to achieve the project's goal to 
develop and implement a comprehensive program to investigate potential 
modifications to the scup GRAs using fisheries and environmental data 
and industry input. Additional information, background documents, and 
instructions for providing written comments will be posted to the 
Council's website at: https://www.mafmc.org/.

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

    Dated: October 28, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-25395 Filed 10-30-24; 8:45 am]
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