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 (Council) will meet with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board.

DATES:

The meeting will be held on Thursday, October 21, 2021, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION .

ADDRESSES:

The meeting will be held via webinar. Details on the agenda, webinar listen-in access, and meeting materials will be posted to https://www.mafmc.org/council-events.

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:

During this meeting, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Interstate Fisheries Management Program Policy Board will review a draft framework action and addendum which considers a harvest control rule method for setting recreational bag, size, and season limits for summer flounder, scup, back sea bass, and bluefish. The Council and Policy Board will consider approval of a final range of management alternatives in the framework and draft addendum. The Policy Board will consider approving their draft addendum for public hearings. Background materials will be posted to www.mafmc.org/meetings.

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 this meeting. 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) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.

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, (302) 526-5251, at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.