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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Public Meeting

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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.

**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 Monday, July 27, 2020, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For agenda details, see *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* .

**ADDRESSES:**

The meeting will be held via webinar, which can be accessed at: *http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/sfsbsb-mc-july2020/.* Meeting audio can be accessed by following the prompts which appear after logging into the webinar, or via telephone by dialing 1-800-832-0736 and entering room number 5068871.

*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 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 fishery performance and management measure recommendations from the Advisory Panel, the Scientific and Statistical Committee, and staff; (2) Review, and if appropriate, recommend changes to the previously implemented 2021 commercial and recreational Annual Catch Limits, Annual Catch Targets, commercial quotas, and recreational harvest limits for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass; (3) Review commercial management measures for all three species and recommend changes if needed; (4) Review analysis of commercial scup discards and consider if any management response is needed; and (5) Review the February recreational black sea bass fishery and recommend changes for February 2021 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 aids should be directed to M. Jan Saunders at the Mid-Atlantic Council Office (302) 526-5251 at least 5 days prior to the meeting date.

**Authority:**

16 U.S.C. 1801 *et seq.*

Dated: July 6, 2020.

Tracey L. Thompson,

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