Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting, 55922 [2024-14930]
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recommend new 2027–28 ABCs for
Atlantic Surfclam. The SSC will review
the most recent fishery data for Blueline
Tilefish and make a 2025 ABC
recommendation. The SSC will review
the most recent survey and fishery data
and the previously recommended 2025
ABC for Bluefish, Summer Flounder,
and Scup. The SSC will review and
finalize the draft report developed by an
SSC sub-group to address the Terms of
Reference regarding the Recreational
Measures Setting Framework/Addenda.
The SSC will also receive the results of
updated Surfclam genetics research. 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
The meeting is 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: July 2, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D., Executive
Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, telephone: (302)
526–5255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Tilefish Monitoring Committee will
meet via webinar to discuss
management measures for both golden
and blueline tilefish. The objectives of
this meeting are for the Monitoring
Committee to: (1) Review recent stock
assessment information, fishery
performance, and recommendations
from the Advisory Panel, Scientific and
Statistical Committee, and staff; (2)
Recommend commercial and
recreational annual catch limits, annual
catch targets, and total allowable
landing limits/quotas for golden tilefish
for 2025–27 and for blueline tilefish for
2025; and (3) review commercial and
recreational management measures for
both species and recommend changes if
needed. Meeting materials will be
posted to www.mafmc.org.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is 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: July 2, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council’s Tilefish
Monitoring Committee will hold a
public webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 1 p.m.
until 3:30 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held
via webinar. Connection information,
agenda items, and any additional
information will be posted at
www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, 800 N State
Identification of Nations or Entities
Engaged in Illegal, Unreported, or
Unregulated Fishing, Bycatch of
Protected Living Marine Resources, or
Fishing Activities That Target or
Incidentally Catch Sharks
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Administration
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; request for information.
AGENCY:
NMFS is seeking information
from 2022, 2023, and/or 2024 regarding
nations or entities that have competency
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to enter into international fishery
management agreements (entities) that
are engaging in or endorsing illegal,
unreported, or unregulated (IUU) fishing
or have vessels that engaged or are
engaging in IUU fishing, fishing
activities or practices that result in the
bycatch of protected living marine
resources (PLMRs) on the high seas or
within the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) of any nation or fishing activities
on the high seas or within the EEZ of
another nation that target or incidentally
catch sharks. Such information will be
reviewed and may be used for the
purpose of identifying nations or
entities pursuant to the High Seas
Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection
Act (Moratorium Protection Act).
DATES: NMFS encourages submission
before the preferred deadline of October
1, 2024, with a final deadline of
December 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Information may be
submitted either electronically to:
IUU.PLMR.Sharks@noaa.gov or by mail
to: NMFS Office of International Affairs,
Trade, and Commerce, Attn.:
Moratorium Protection Act Information,
F/IATC 1315 East-West Highway, Silver
Spring, MD 20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellie
Bors, (240) 429–4461, eleanor.bors@
noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Moratorium Protection Act
requires the Secretary of Commerce
(Secretary) to issue a biennial report to
Congress that includes a list of nations
and entities identified for engaging in or
endorsing IUU fishing, as well as those
nations and entities having fishing
vessels that engaged in or are engaging
in IUU fishing, fishing activities or
practices that result in the bycatch of
PLMRs on the high seas or within the
EEZ of any nation without a regulatory
program comparable in effectiveness to
that of the United States; and/or fishing
activities on the high seas or within the
EEZ of another nation that target or
incidentally catch sharks without a
regulatory program comparable to that
of the United States.
NMFS submitted the eighth biennial
report to Congress in August 2023 and
it is available online at: https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2023-08/
2023RTC-ImprovingIFManagement.pdf.
NMFS identified seven nations and
entities for IUU fishing and two for
shark catch where those nations do not
have a comparable regulatory program
to that of the United States. In
fulfillment of its requirements under the
Moratorium Protection Act, NMFS is
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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's Tilefish
Monitoring Committee will hold a public webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 1 p.m.
until 3:30 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection
information, agenda items, and any additional information will be
posted at www.mafmc.org prior to the meeting.
Council address: Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N
State Street, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Tilefish Monitoring Committee will meet
via webinar to discuss management measures for both golden and blueline
tilefish. The objectives of this meeting are for the Monitoring
Committee to: (1) Review recent stock assessment information, fishery
performance, and recommendations from the Advisory Panel, Scientific
and Statistical Committee, and staff; (2) Recommend commercial and
recreational annual catch limits, annual catch targets, and total
allowable landing limits/quotas for golden tilefish for 2025-27 and for
blueline tilefish for 2025; and (3) review commercial and recreational
management measures for both species and recommend changes if needed.
Meeting materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org.
Special Accommodations
The meeting is 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: July 2, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
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