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 (Council) Research Steering Committee will hold a meeting.

**DATES:**

The meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, starting at 9 a.m. and continue through 12:30 p.m. See *SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION* for agenda details.

**ADDRESSES:**

The meeting will take place over webinar using the Webex platform with a telephone-only connection option. Details on how to connect to the webinar by computer and by telephone will be available at: *http://www.mafmc.org.*

*Council address:* Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331; website: *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 purpose of the meeting is for the Research Steering Committee to review and provide feedback on the draft goals and objectives and a decision-tree document detailing critical questions and issues to be considered regarding a potential redevelopment of the Council's Research Set-Aside (RSA) program. The Committee will also continue to develop the topics and agenda for a fourth, and final, planned in-person RSA redevelopment workshop in February.

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: December 16, 2021.

Tracey L. Thompson,

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