Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings, 60883-60884 [2024-16564]
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and the latest version along with other
meeting materials will be posted on the
website as they become available.
Although other 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 meeting. Actions
will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
These meetings are physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aid or
accommodations should be directed to
Kathy Pereira, (813) 348–1630, at least
15 days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meetings
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
AGENCY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold public meetings of the Council
including joint sessions with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
Commission (ASMFC) Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass
Management Board, Bluefish
Management Board, and Interstate
Fishery Management Program Policy
Board.
SUMMARY:
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Monday, August 12, 2024
Swearing in of New Council Members/
Election of Officers
Review 2024 management track
assessment (NEFSC staff).
Review recommendations from the
Scientific and Statistical Committee
(SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications and management
measures for 2025–2027.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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2025
Blueline Tilefish Specifications
Review recommendations from the
SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications for 2025.
Review and revise 2025 commercial
and recreational measures if needed.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
(NFWF) Electronic Monitoring and
Reporting Grant Program—Willy
Goldsmith, Pelagic Strategies
Overview of the program, application
process, and upcoming funding
opportunity.
The meetings will be held
Monday, August 12 through Thursday,
August 15, 2024. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
DATES:
18:51 Jul 26, 2024
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.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
2025–2027 Golden Tilefish
Specifications
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This meeting will be an inperson meeting with a virtual option.
Council members, other meeting
participants, and members of the public
will have the option to participate in
person at The Westin Philadelphia, 99
S 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103,
or virtually via Webex webinar. Webinar
connection instructions and briefing
materials will be available at: https://
www.mafmc.org/briefing/august-2024.
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.
ADDRESSES:
NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based
Fisheries Management (EBFM) Road
Map
Review and provide comments on the
revised EBFM Road Map.
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Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP)
Updates.
Update on recent activities.
Progress update on the Industry-Based
Survey pilot project.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Council Process Review—Brett Wiedoff,
Parnin Group.
Review final report from the Parnin
Group.
2025 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean
Quahog Specifications.
Review recommendations from the
Advisory Panel, SSC, and staff.
Review previously adopted 2025
specifications and management
measures, and recommend changes if
necessary.
———Lunch———
Council Convenes With the ASMFC
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Management Board
MRIP Update and Listening Session—
Katherine Papacostas, NOAA Fisheries
MRIP Program Manager
Update on large-scale study on
recreational fishing effort survey design.
Updates on FES timeline, reenvisioning the recreational fisheries
data partnership initiative, and efforts to
improve partner review of preliminary
estimates.
2025
Summer Flounder Specifications
Review recommendations from the
SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted
specifications for 2025 and revise if
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial
measures if needed.
Summer Flounder Mesh Exemptions
Framework/Addendum
Approve draft addendum for public
comment.
Council and Board Adjourn
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Council Convenes With the ASMFC
Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Management Board
2025
Scup Specifications
Review recommendations from the
SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted
specifications for 2025 and revise if
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial
measures if needed.
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Black Sea Bass Specifications
Review 2024 management track
assessment (NEFSC staff).
Review recommendations from the
SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications for 2025.
Review and revise 2025 commercial
measures if needed.
Council Adjourns
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Board Only
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and
Black Sea Bass Fishery Management
Plan review.
Elect Board Vice-Chair.
———Lunch———
Dated: July 23, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
matters for the Pacific Council’s
September meeting, and plan future
work.
Although non-emergency issues not
contained in the meeting agenda may be
discussed, those issues may not be the
subject of formal action during this
meeting. Action will be restricted to
those issues specifically listed in this
document and any issues arising after
publication of this document that
require emergency action under section
305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act,
provided the public has been notified of
the intent to take final action to address
the emergency.
[FR Doc. 2024–16564 Filed 7–26–24; 8:45 am]
Special Accommodations
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Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov; (503) 820–2412) at least 10
days prior to the meeting date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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.
Council Convenes With ASMFC
Interstate Fishery Management Program
Policy Board
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Recreational Measures Setting Process
Framework/Addenda
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Review FMAT/PDT
recommendations.
Review SSC input.
Consider modifications to the draft
range of alternatives.
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Pacific Fishery Management Council;
Public Meeting
2025
Bluefish Specifications
Review recommendations from the
SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted
specifications for 2025 and revise as
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial
and recreational measures if needed.
Council Adjourns
ASMFC Bluefish Board Only
ASMFC Bluefish Fishery Management
Plan review.
Elect Board Vice-Chair.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC); Executive
Director’s Report; Organization Reports;
and 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
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:51 Jul 26, 2024
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National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
Council Convenes with ASMFC Bluefish
Management Board.
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any issues arising after publication of
this notice that require emergency
action under Section 305(c).
The Pacific Fishery
Management Council’s (Pacific Council)
Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) is
holding an online meeting, which is
open to the public.
DATES: The online meeting will be held
Thursday, August 15, 2024, from 9 a.m.
to 12 p.m., Pacific Time or until
business for the day is concluded.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held
online. Specific meeting information,
including directions on how to join the
meeting and system requirements will
be provided in the meeting
announcement on the Pacific Council’s
website (see www.pcouncil.org). You
may send an email to Mr. Kris
Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@
noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820–
2412 for technical assistance.
Council address: Pacific Fishery
Management Council, 7700 NE
Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland,
OR 97220–1384.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kit
Dahl, Staff Officer, Pacific Council;
telephone: (503) 820–2422.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of this online meeting is for the
EWG to discuss ongoing work on
Fishery Ecosystem Plan Initiative 4,
consider drafting reports on relevant
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Dated: July 24, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; public meeting.
AGENCY:
Fishery management bodies
on the East Coast of the United States
are convening a workshop to plan for
integration of NOAA’s Climate,
Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative
(CEFI) into the management processes of
the East Coast Regional Fishery
Management Councils and the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission.
This is a joint effort of the Atlantic
States Marine Fisheries Commission,
the New England Fishery Management
Council, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery
Management Council, the South
Atlantic Fishery Management Council,
and NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries
Service.
DATES: The meeting will be held from 1
p.m. Thursday, August 15 through 1
SUMMARY:
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[FR Doc No: 2024-16564]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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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 including joint sessions with the
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Management Board, Bluefish Management Board,
and Interstate Fishery Management Program Policy Board.
DATES: The meetings will be held Monday, August 12 through Thursday,
August 15, 2024. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: This meeting will be an in-person meeting with a virtual
option. Council members, other meeting participants, and members of the
public will have the option to participate in person at The Westin
Philadelphia, 99 S 17th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or virtually
via Webex webinar. Webinar connection instructions and briefing
materials will be available at: https://www.mafmc.org/briefing/august-2024.
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.)
Monday, August 12, 2024
Swearing in of New Council Members/Election of Officers
2025-2027 Golden Tilefish Specifications
Review 2024 management track assessment (NEFSC staff).
Review recommendations from the Scientific and Statistical
Committee (SSC), Monitoring Committee, Advisory Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications and management measures for 2025-2027.
2025 Blueline Tilefish Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications for 2025.
Review and revise 2025 commercial and recreational measures if
needed.
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) Electronic Monitoring and
Reporting Grant Program--Willy Goldsmith, Pelagic Strategies
Overview of the program, application process, and upcoming funding
opportunity.
NOAA Fisheries Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) Road Map
Review and provide comments on the revised EBFM Road Map.
Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) Updates.
Update on recent activities.
Progress update on the Industry-Based Survey pilot project.
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Council Process Review--Brett Wiedoff, Parnin Group.
Review final report from the Parnin Group.
2025 Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Specifications.
Review recommendations from the Advisory Panel, SSC, and staff.
Review previously adopted 2025 specifications and management
measures, and recommend changes if necessary.
------Lunch------
Council Convenes With the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Management Board
MRIP Update and Listening Session--Katherine Papacostas, NOAA Fisheries
MRIP Program Manager
Update on large-scale study on recreational fishing effort survey
design.
Updates on FES timeline, re-envisioning the recreational fisheries
data partnership initiative, and efforts to improve partner review of
preliminary estimates.
2025 Summer Flounder Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted specifications for 2025 and revise if
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial measures if needed.
Summer Flounder Mesh Exemptions Framework/Addendum
Approve draft addendum for public comment.
Council and Board Adjourn
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Council Convenes With the ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Management Board
2025 Scup Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted specifications for 2025 and revise if
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial measures if needed.
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2025 Black Sea Bass Specifications
Review 2024 management track assessment (NEFSC staff).
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Adopt specifications for 2025.
Review and revise 2025 commercial measures if needed.
Council Adjourns
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Board Only
ASMFC Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management
Plan review.
Elect Board Vice-Chair.
------Lunch------
Council Convenes With ASMFC Interstate Fishery Management Program
Policy Board
Recreational Measures Setting Process Framework/Addenda
Review FMAT/PDT recommendations.
Review SSC input.
Consider modifications to the draft range of alternatives.
Council Convenes with ASMFC Bluefish Management Board.
2025 Bluefish Specifications
Review recommendations from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, Advisory
Panel, and staff.
Review previously adopted specifications for 2025 and revise as
necessary.
Review and revise 2025 commercial and recreational measures if
needed.
Council Adjourns
ASMFC Bluefish Board Only
ASMFC Bluefish Fishery Management Plan review.
Elect Board Vice-Chair.
Thursday, August 15, 2024
Business Session
Committee Reports (SSC); Executive Director's Report; Organization
Reports; and 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: July 23, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-16564 Filed 7-26-24; 8:45 am]
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