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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 8285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01838]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE630]

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.

DATES: The meetings will be held Tuesday, February 11 through 
Wednesday, February 12, 2025. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION.

ADDRESSES: This will be a fully virtual meeting. Council members, other 
meeting participants, and members of the public will participate via 
Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing materials 
will be available at https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/february-2025.
    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, February 11, 2025

Executive Committee--Closed Session

    Review Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) membership 
applications.

Spiny Dogfish Accountability Measures Framework

    Introduction to the purpose of this framework and review the range 
of alternatives that may be considered.

Recreational Sector Separation and Data Collection Amendment: 
Recreational for-Hire Control Dates

    Consider requesting that NOAA Fisheries publish control dates for 
recreational for-hire permits for summer flounder, scup, black sea 
bass, and bluefish.

Legal Review, Financial Disclosure, and Recusal Training--John Almeida, 
NOAA Fisheries General Counsel

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Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Survey Update--Dr. Kathryn 
Ford, NEFSC

    Updates on the NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow Bottom Trawl Operations 
and Contingency Plans.
    Recent developments related to the Industry-Based Survey Pilot 
Project.

Fishing Gear Effects on Marine Habitats: A National Database 
Presentation--Dr. David Stevenson and Tori Kentner

    Overview of Council project to develop searchable collection of 
literature on impacts of fishing gear on the marine fish habitats 
throughout the United States and U.S. Territories.

Locking Away Carbon on the Northeast Shelf and Slope (LOC-NESS)--Dr. 
Adam Subhas, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Presentation on the LOC-NESS project focused on marine Carbon 
Dioxide Removal (mCDR).

Standardized Bycatch Reduction Methodology (SBRM) 3-Year Review

    Council staff will summarize the required 3-year review (covers 
SBRM performance from July 2019 through June 2022).

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Business Session

    Committee Reports--SSC, NTAP; Executive Director's Report--Review 
and appoint SSC membership; Organization Reports; Liaison Reports.

Other Business and General Public Comment

    Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come 
before this group 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).

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: January 23, 2025.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2025-01838 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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