2022-28660. 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 and New England Fishery Management Councils (Councils) will hold a public meeting of their joint Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

This meeting will be conducted in a hybrid format, with options for both in person and webinar participation. Webinar registration details will be a posted to the calendar at www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.

Meeting address: The meeting will be held at the Northeast Fishery Science Center Lab, 28 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882; telephone: [phone].

Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: [phone]; www.mafmc.org.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Councils' Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel will meet to review recent developments related to relevant fishery surveys as well as discuss future priorities, research projects, and the draft Operations Manual.

Special Accommodations

The meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Shelley Spedden, [phone] at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

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

Dated: December 30, 2022.

Rey Israel Marquez,

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.