[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 23499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08403]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XB964]


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 (Council) will 
hold a meeting of its Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).

DATES: The meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, starting at 
12:30 p.m. and continue through 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. See 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for agenda details.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format, with 
options for both in-person and webinar participation.
    Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Royal Sonesta 
Harbor Court, 550 Light Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. Details on how to 
connect to the webinar by computer and by telephone 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: During this meeting, the SSC will review and 
provide feedback on a draft response to address the Council's motion 
seeking SSC input on the Recreational Harvest Control Rule management 
action. The SSC will also receive an introductory overview of the 
recently peer reviewed Illex squid and Butterfish research track stock 
assessment information and on the Ecosystem and Socio-economic Profiles 
being developed for the Bluefish and Black Sea Bass research track 
assessments. The SSC will also review the most recent survey and 
fishery data and the previously recommended 2023 Acceptable Biological 
Catch (ABC) for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog and will make 2023-
2025 ABC recommendations for Chub Mackerel. The SSC will also develop 
guidance for Council consideration on constant/average ABC 
recommendations. The SSC may take up any other business as necessary.
    A detailed agenda and background documents will be made available 
on the Council's website (www.mafmc.org) prior to the meeting.

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: April 14, 2022.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-08403 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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