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

AGENCY:
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY:
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management and New England Fishery Management Councils will hold a public meeting of their joint Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel.
DATES:
The meeting will be held on Thursday, July 9, 2026, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. For agenda details, see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
ADDRESSES:
This meeting will be conducted in person with a virtual option available. The meeting will be held at the New Bedford Port Authority (123 MacArthur Dr., New Bedford, MA 02740), telephone: 508-961-3000. Connection information will be posted to the Council's calendar prior to the meeting at
https://www.mafmc.org.
Council address:
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 800 N State Street, Suite 201, Dover, DE 19901; telephone: (302) 674-2331;
https://www.mafmc.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The Councils' Northeast Trawl Advisory Panel (NTAP) will meet to receive updates on recent Federal and cooperative surveys, as well as other communications from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC). The Panel will also review outcomes of the recently completed Regional Industry-Based Trawl Survey (RIBTS) Phase 1 pilot project. In addition, NTAP will discuss ongoing planning for the RIBTS Phase 2 pilot project being developed by the NTAP Working Group.
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.
Authority:16 U.S.C. 1801
et seq.
Dated: June 24, 2026.
Rey Israel Marquez,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.