2022-09877. 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 Fishery Management Council's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory Panel will hold a public webinar meeting, jointly with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Advisory Panel and Bluefish Advisory Panel.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Wednesday May 25, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection information will be posted to the Council's website prior to the meeting at www.mafmc.org .

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 objectives of this meeting are for the Advisory Panels to: (1) Review the alternatives under consideration in the Recreational Harvest Control Rule Framework/Addenda, (2) review comments received through the addenda public comment period, (3) receive a progress update on the Scientific and Statistical Committee's review of this action, and (4) provide recommendations to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission regarding preferred alternatives.

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: May 4, 2022.

Tracey L. Thompson,

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