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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92655-92656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27371]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE480]

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

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

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council) will 
hold public meetings of the Council and its Executive Committee, 
including joint sessions with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries 
Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management 
Board and Policy Board.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, December 10, 2024, through 
Thursday, December 12, 2024. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be an in-person meeting with a virtual 
option. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the 
public will have the option to participate in person at The Westin 
Annapolis, 100 Westgate Circle, Annapolis, MD 21401, or virtually via 
Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials 
will be available at: https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/december-2024.
    Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N 
State St., 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. The Council's website, www.mafmc.org, also has details on the 
meeting location, proposed agenda, webinar listen-in access, and 
briefing materials.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following items are on the agenda, 
although agenda items may be addressed out of order (changes will be 
noted on the Council's website when possible.)

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Executive Committee--Closed Session

    Review 2024 Ricks E. Savage Award nominations.

Council Convenes With the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's 
(ASMFC) Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board

2025 Summer Flounder Recreational Measures Review

    Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
    Review previously adopted 2025 recreational measures and recommend 
changes if warranted.

2025 Scup Recreational Measures Review

    Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
    Review previously adopted 2025 recreational measures and recommend 
changes if warranted.
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2025 Black Sea Bass Recreational Measures

    Review Advisory Panel and Monitoring Committee recommendations.
    Recommend conservation equivalency or coastwide management and 
associated measures for 2025.

ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Adjourns Council 
Convenes With the ASMFC Policy Board

Recreational Sector Separation and Catch Accounting Amendment
    Consider approval of draft scoping/public information document.

ASMFC Policy Board Adjourns

2024 Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) Risk Assessment

    Review final report.

2025 Spiny Dogfish Specifications

    Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory 
Panel, and staff.
    Review previously adopted 2025 specifications and management 
measures, and recommend changes if necessary.

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species Separation Requirements 
Amendment Final Action

    Review report from Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Species 
Separation Requirements Amendment Implementation Issues Workshop.
    Take up postponed motion to consider Alternative 5 as the preferred 
Amendment alternative.
    Select Council preferred alternative and take final action.

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2025-2029 Council Research Priorities

    Review and approve the 2025-2029 Council Research Priorities.

2025 Implementation Plan

    Review and approve the 2025 Implementation Plan.

Butterfish Mesh Requirements

    Review recommendations from the Law Enforcement Committee and 
staff.
    Consider adopting modifications to butterfish mesh requirements.

Ricks E Savage Award Presentation

    Presentation of the 2023 Ricks E Savage Award.

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Manomet's River Herring Portal

    Staff from Manomet will present the results of a Council-funded 
project to develop a hub for river herring and shad run data.

Business Session

    Committee Reports (SSC), Highly Migratory Species (HMS), Northeast 
Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP); Executive Director's Report; Organization 
Reports; and Liaison Reports.

Other Business and General Public Comment

    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before these groups for discussion, in accordance with the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), 
those issues may not be the subject of formal action during these 
meetings. Actions will be restricted to those issues specifically 
identified in this notice and any issues arising after publication of 
this notice that require emergency action under Section 305(c) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the 
public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action 
to address the emergency.

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: November 18, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-27371 Filed 11-21-24; 8:45 am]
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