Billing Code: 3510-22-P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE077]
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 Monitoring Committee will hold a public webinar meeting.
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 9 a.m. until 1
p.m. For agenda details, see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via webinar. Connection 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) 5265255.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea
Bass Monitoring Committee will meet via webinar to discuss management measures for
all three species. 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
2025 commercial and recreational annual catch limits, annual catch targets, commercial
quotas, and recreational harvest limits for black sea bass; (3) review previously specified

2025 catch and landings limits for summer flounder and scup, and recommend changes if
warranted; (4) Review commercial management measures for all three species and
recommend changes if needed; and (5) receive an update on the framework
action/addendum to modify the commercial summer flounder mesh exemption programs.
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 3, 2024.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director,
Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 2024-15000 Filed: 7/8/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/9/2024]